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What is another word for Disproportionable?

Pronunciation: [dˌɪspɹəpˈɔːʃənəbə͡l] (IPA)

The word "disproportionable" refers to something that is not in proportion or is unequal. Some synonyms for this word include disproportionate, lopsided, unbalanced, asymmetrical, unequal, uneven, skewed, and imbalanced. These words all describe something that is not equal in some way. For example, a lopsided cake may have too much icing on one side and not enough on the other. Similarly, an asymmetrical building may have different-sized windows on each side. In contrast, a balanced or proportionate object has symmetry and an even distribution of parts. Understanding these synonyms can help improve communication by providing a more varied vocabulary to express concepts related to disproportion.
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Therefore we say that it might become king Alexander to giue a hundreth talentes to Anaxagoras the Philosopher, but not for a beggerly Philosopher to accept so great a gift, for such a Prince could not be impouerished by that expence, but the Philosopher was by it excessiuely to be enriched, so was the kings action proportionable to his estate and therefore decent, the Philosophers, Disproportionable both to his profession and calling and therefore indecent.
"The Arte of English Poesie"
George Puttenham
At length the Athenians banished him, making use of the ostracism to humble his eminence and authority, as they ordinarily did with all whom they thought too powerful, or, by their greatness, Disproportionable to the equality thought requisite in a popular government.
"Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans"
Clough, Arthur Hugh
However narrow and Disproportionable the beginnings of so vast an undertaking might seem to be, yet he would not embark his army until he had informed himself particularly what means his friends had to enable them to follow him, and supplied what they wanted, by giving good farms to some, a village to one, and the revenue of some hamlet or harbor town to another.
"Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans"
Clough, Arthur Hugh

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