Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

out of proportion

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English

Syllables: out- of pro-por-tion
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Not in a proper or pleasing relation to other things, especially in terms of size.

Example Sentences

"I only said that she wasn't as young as she used to be, and her response was out of proportion."
"Six days of the week it [work] soils / With its sickening poison — / Just for paying a few bills! / That's out of proportion."

Inflected Forms

out of all proportion (alternative)

Questions

What does out of proportion mean?: Not in a proper or pleasing relation to other things, especially in terms of size.

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