disproportionate
dis pruh pawr shuh nit
- a out of proportion
- s not proportionate
- Though the overall number worked out to be a near even split (47% in favor, 49% oppose) because of weighting to party ID, the views of Independents should hold a disproportionate .
- About 40% of the troops are Southern, 60% are white, 22% are black, and a disproportionate number come from empty states like Montana and Wyoming.
- Perhaps police are more likely to search minorities because they commit a disproportionate number of crimes.