How do you use Disproportionally in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Disproportionally meaning
In a disproportional manner, or to a disproportional extent; disproportionately
Using Disproportionally
- The main meaning on this page is: In a disproportional manner, or to a disproportional extent; disproportionately
- In the example corpus, disproportionally often appears in combinations such as: that disproportionally, disproportionally affects, are disproportionally.
Context around Disproportionally
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Disproportionally
- In this selection, "disproportionally" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, office, change, population, impacts, stopped and impacted stand out and add context to how "disproportionally" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and poverty disproportionally affects latinos and environmental problems disproportionally affect poor. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "disproportionally" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with disproportionally
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Unfortunately, hunger and poverty disproportionally affects Latinos and African-Americans. (10 words)
Owls are known for their disproportionally large eyes in comparison to their skull. (13 words)
I expect it will similarly show that black people are disproportionally stopped by police. (14 words)
A Waitangi Tribunal report found that law change disproportionally impacted Māori prisoners and a High Court declaration stated the current law is inconsistent with the right to vote in the Bill of Rights Act. (34 words)
Former New York City mayor apologized for the New York Police Department's use of the stop-and-frisk policing tactic he championed during his tenure that disproportionally affected black and Latino men. (33 words)
She attributed this to economic disparity, segregation of neighborhoods and schools, homogenous social networks and the rise in the prison population disproportionally made up of African American males. (28 words)
Example sentences (13)
Rebecca Fawcett from the Commonwealth Public Service Union said forcing people back into the office disproportionally impacts women.
I expect it will similarly show that black people are disproportionally stopped by police.
A Waitangi Tribunal report found that law change disproportionally impacted Māori prisoners and a High Court declaration stated the current law is inconsistent with the right to vote in the Bill of Rights Act.
Former New York City mayor apologized for the New York Police Department's use of the stop-and-frisk policing tactic he championed during his tenure that disproportionally affected black and Latino men.
She attributed this to economic disparity, segregation of neighborhoods and schools, homogenous social networks and the rise in the prison population disproportionally made up of African American males.
The media recently reported that former Vice President Joe Biden expressed regret for supporting the drug crime laws because they have disproportionally and unfairly impacted African Americans.
They try to eat local, and they pay attention to how environmental problems disproportionally affect poor people and minorities.
Unfortunately, hunger and poverty disproportionally affects Latinos and African-Americans.
Across the country, construction workers have been disproportionally hurt by the epidemic, the report’s authors point out.
Pritie Billimoria, of the charity which helps people in poverty get access to benefits, said carers were already “disproportionally socially and economically vulnerable”.
Nationally, the burden of wildfires is disproportionally heavily distributed in the southern and western regions.
Owls are known for their disproportionally large eyes in comparison to their skull.
Such disproportionally high emigration rates resulted in a relatively small population growth in the Slovene Lands.
Common combinations with disproportionally
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: