disproportionately
In a disproportionate mannerIn a disproportionate manner
Recorded US: Speaker: Qwertygiy Recorder: Qwertygiy, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
» Crimes are disproportionately committed by minorities.
mailohilohi · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesIn a disproportionate manner
непропорциона́льноneproporcionálʹno
to a disproportionate degree
Examples
8 sentencesCrimes are disproportionately committed by minorities.
Poor people are disproportionately affected by coronavirus.
Drowning, he notes, disproportionately affects the poor and the marginalized.
The new bill favoured the rich disproportionately to the number of lower class.
Data show violence disproportionately affects women living in low-and lower-middle-income countries.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Forms
more disproportionately, most disproportionately| Comparative | more disproportionately Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most disproportionately |
regular
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Adverbs of manner — Because it is an -ly adverb
See also
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