Word Meanings - MISPROPORTION - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To give wrong proportions to; to join without due proportion.
Related words: (words related to MISPROPORTION)
- PROPORTIONATE
Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional. Longfellow. What is proportionate to his transgression. Locke. - WRONGOUS
Not right; illegal; as, wrongous imprisonment. Craig. (more info) 1. Constituting, or of the nature of, a wrong; unjust; wrongful. - WRONG
imp. of Wring. Wrung. Chaucer. - PROPORTION
1. The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body. The image of Christ, made after his - WITHOUT-DOOR
Outdoor; exterior. "Her without-door form." Shak. - WITHOUTFORTH
Without; outside' outwardly. Cf. Withinforth. Chaucer. - WRONGLESS
Not wrong; void or free from wrong. -- Wrong"less*ly, adv. Sir P. Sidney. - PROPORTIONABLE
Capable of being proportioned, or made proportional; also, proportional; proportionate. -- Pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. But eloquence may exist without a proportionable degree of wisdom. Burke. - WRONGDOING
Evil or wicked behavior or action. - PROPORTIONALITY
The state of being in proportion. Coleridge. - PROPORTIONATENESS
The quality or state of being proportionate. Sir M. Hale. - WRONGFUL
Full of wrong; injurious; unjust; unfair; as, a wrongful taking of property; wrongful dealing. -- Wrong"ful*ly, adv. -- Wrong"ful*ness, n. - WRONGHEAD
A person of a perverse understanding or obstinate character. - PROPORTIONLESS
Without proportion; unsymmetrical. - WITHOUTEN
Without. Chaucer. - PROPORTIONABLY
Proportionally. Locke. - WRONG-TIMED
Done at an improper time; ill-timed. - WITHOUT
1. On or art the outside; not on the inside; not within; outwardly; externally. Without were fightings, within were fears. 2 Cor. vii. 5. 2. Outside of the house; out of doors. The people came unto the house without. Chaucer. - PROPORTIONATELY
In a proportionate manner; with due proportion; proportionally. - PROPORTIONAL
1. Having a due proportion, or comparative relation; being in suitable proportion or degree; as, the parts of an edifice are proportional. Milton. 2. Relating to, or securing, proportion. Hutton. 3. Constituting a proportion; having the same, or - DISPROPORTIONALLY
In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally. - IMPROPORTIONATE
Not proportionate. - DISPROPORTIONABLE
Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv. - DISPROPORTIONALITY
The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More. - MISPROPORTION
To give wrong proportions to; to join without due proportion. - 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. - IMPROPORTIONABLE
Not proportionable. B. Jonson. - SUPERPROPORTION
Overplus or excess of proportion. Sir K. Digby.