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Want of proportion in form or quantity; lack of symmetry; as, the arm may be in disproportion to the body; the disproportion of the length of a building to its height.

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.

n or symmetry of parts; unsuitable in form, quantity or value; inadequate; unequal; as, a disproportional limb constitutes deformity in the body; the studies of youth should not be disproportional to their understanding.

The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.

In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.

ue, 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.

To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of. [Obs.] When . . . the humors in his body ben distempered. Chaucer.

To fall short of a mark. [R.] Often it drops or overshoots by the disproportion of distance. Collier.

Short and thick; of low stature and disproportionately stout.

housekeeper; frugal of time. I oft admire How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit Such disproportions. Milton.

Inequality; disparity; disproportion; difference of degree, rank, excellence, number, etc. Milton.

Want of correspondence; disagreement; disproportion. [R.]

ty of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity; disproportion; unevenness; disparity; diversity; as, an inequality in size, stature, numbers, power, distances, motions, rank, property, etc. There is so great an inequality in the length of our legs and arms as makes it impossibl…

Imperfect, disproportionate, or abnormal formation; ill form; disproportion of parts.

ing or ordering intelligence. I oft admire How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit Such disproportions. Milton.

A disproportionately rapid growth of the upper surface of dorsiventral organs, such as leaves, through the stimulus of exposure to light. Encyc. Brit.

A disproportionate regard for the interests peculiar to a section of the country; local patriotism, as distinguished from national. [U. S.]

To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and slender. It has begun to spindle into overintellectuality. Lowell.

Long and slender, or disproportionately tall and slender; as, a spindling tree; a spindling boy.

Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; disproportioned; excessive; immoderate; inordinate; as, an undue attachment to forms; an undue rigor in the execution of law. Undue influence (Law), any improper or wrongful constraint, machination, or urgency of persuasion, by which one's will is overcome and he is indu…