Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disproportionately

/ˌdɪs.pɹəˈpɔɹ.ʃə.nət.li/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.30 in modern English

Syllables: dis-pro-por-tion-ate-ly
IPA: /ˌdɪs.pɹəˈpɔɹ.ʃə.nət.li/

26

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

in a disproportionate manner

Example Sentences

"Capitalizing on the restive mood, Mr. Farage, the U.K. Independence Party leader, took out an advertisement in The Daily Telegraph this week inviting unhappy Tories to defect. In it Mr. Farage sniped that the Cameron government — made up disproportionately of career politicians who graduated from Eton and Oxbridge — was “run by a bunch of college kids, none of whom have ever had a proper job in their lives.”"

Etymology

Etymology tree English disproportionate Middle English -ly English -ly English disproportionately From disproportionate + -ly.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌdɪs.pɹəˈpɔɹ.ʃə.nət.li/
British English: /ˌdɪs.pɹəˈpɔː.ʃə.nət.li/

Inflected Forms

more disproportionately (comparative) most disproportionately (superlative)

Rhymes With

proportionately

Questions

How do you pronounce disproportionately?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌdɪs.pɹəˈpɔɹ.ʃə.nət.li/.
What does disproportionately mean?: in a disproportionate manner
Where does disproportionately come from?: Etymology tree English disproportionate Middle English -ly English -ly English disproportionately From disproportionate + -ly.

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