Word Meanings - DISPROPORTIONATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to something else in bulk, form, value, or extent; out of proportion; inadequate; as, in a perfect body none of the limbs are disproportionate; it is wisdom not to undertake a work disproportionate means.

Additional info about word: DISPROPORTIONATE

Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to something else in bulk, form, value, or extent; out of proportion; inadequate; as, in a perfect body none of the limbs are disproportionate; it is wisdom not to undertake a work disproportionate means. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*ate*ly, adv. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*ate*ness, n.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DISPROPORTIONATE)

• Inordinate
• Extravagant
• disproportionate
• unregulated
• exorbitant
• excessive
• Immoderate
• irregular

Related words: (words related to DISPROPORTIONATE)

• IRREGULARITY
  The state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular.
• DISPROPORTIONATE
  Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to something else in bulk, form, value, or extent; out of proportion; inadequate; as, in a perfect body none of the limbs are disproportionate; it is wisdom not to undertake a work disproportionate means.
• EXTRAVAGANT
  + vagance, , p. pr. of vagari to wander, from vagus wandering, vague. 1. Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign. The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine. Shak. 2. Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained;
• EXORBITANTLY
  In an exorbitant, excessive, or irregular manner; enormously.
• IMMODERATENESS
  The quality of being immoderate; excess; extravagance. Puller.
• EXORBITANT
  to go out of the track; ex out + orbita track: cf. F. exorbitant. See 1. Departing from an orbit or usual track; hence, deviating from the usual or due course; going beyond the appointed rules or established limits of right or propriety; excessive;
• EXCESSIVE
  Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch. Excessive grief the enemy to the living. Shak. Syn. -- Undue; exorbitant; extreme; overmuch; enormous; immoderate; monstrous; intemperate; unreasonable. See Enormous --Ex*cess*ive*ly,
• IMMODERATELY
  In an immoderate manner; excessively.
• INORDINATE
  Not limited to rules prescribed, or to usual bounds; irregular; excessive; immoderate; as, an inordinate love of the world. "Inordinate desires." Milton. "Inordinate vanity." Burke. -- In*or"di*nate*ly, adv. -- In*or"di*nate*ness, n.
• EXTRAVAGANTNESS
  The state of being extravagant or in excess; excess; extravagance.
• IRREGULARIST
  One who is irregular. Baxter.
• IMMODERATE
  Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and suitable bounds; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable; as, immoderate demands; immoderate grief; immoderate laughter. So every scope by the immoderate use Turns to restraint. Shak. Syn. -- Excessive;
• EXTRAVAGANTLY
  In an extravagant manner; wildly; excessively; profusely.
• IRREGULARLY
  In an irregular manner.
• IRREGULAR
  Not regular; not conforming to a law, method, or usage recognized as the general rule; not according to common form; not conformable to nature, to the rules of moral rectitude, or to established principles; not normal; unnatural; immethodical;