How to Use disproportionate in a Sentence

disproportionate

adjective
  • A disproportionate number of the students are poor.
  • He believes that middle-class people bear a disproportionate share of the tax burden.
  • Both work in a matter of minutes and bring me a disproportionate amount of joy.
    — Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appétit, 16 Aug. 2023
  • That means the parents who do attend and speak up can have a disproportionate amount of sway.
    — Annie Ma and Linley Sanders, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2024
  • Some puffer-style vests can be difficult to fold and take up a disproportionate amount of space.
    — Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Women have also been forced out of their jobs at a disproportionate rate.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 27 Sep. 2021
  • So after that he was met with disproportionate force.
    — FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • So after that he was met with disproportionate force.
    — Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025
  • At some point, the upper lip can start to look disproportionate, changing the smile.
    — Jolene Edgar, Allure, 27 Jan. 2026
  • There is also a disproportionate lemon falling from the sky above her.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024
  • What emerges from the snowy peaks will, like an avalanche, have a disproportionate impact on those below.
    — Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Black people are subject to car stops at a disproportionate rate.
    — Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
  • In fact, this kind of career might self-select for a disproportionate number of founders.
    — Christina Farr, STAT, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Black women die from breast cancer at a disproportionate rate.
    — Eileen Finan, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
  • To locals, the punishment felt disproportionate and hurt those who had done no wrong.
    — Michael Walker, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Is there a single story in the collection that holds a disproportionate amount of your work and care?
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2023
  • People of color would have been received a disproportionate amount of help.
    — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2023
  • Of those not found within six months, a disproportionate number are Black.
    — Gina Barton, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2023
  • But with lipedema, areas of fat are disproportionate to the rest of the body — and may stop abruptly.
    — Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Of those not found within six months, a disproportionate number were Black.
    — Gina Barton, USA TODAY, 13 May 2023
  • Of those not found within six months, a disproportionate number were Black.
    — Gina Barton, USA Today, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Twitter, while not as big, has long had influence disproportionate to the size of its user base.
    — Christopher Mims, WSJ, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Did a disproportionate number of players sign one-year deals that winter?
    — Will Sammon, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • You’re governed by fear, scarcity and disproportionate concern of what might go wrong.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • And why are a disproportionate percentage of the victims black men?
    — Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Insurgent brands account for a disproportionate share of the growth in consumer goods last year.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • These groups make up a disproportionate share of the renter population.
    — Priscilla Almodovar, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The disproportionate number of white people leaving the city may have to do with the increase in remote work.
    — Susie Neilson, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 July 2022
  • Women carry a disproportionate share of student debt — women pay the same tuition but earn less to pay it back.
    — Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • As the days, months and years that followed demonstrate, politicians opted for the blind and disproportionate route.
    — The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 11 Sep. 2024

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