On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Disproportionately. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as proportionately and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Disproportionately in a sentence
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Disproportionately meaning
in a disproportionate manner
Synonyms of Disproportionately
Using Disproportionately
- The main meaning on this page is: in a disproportionate manner
- Useful related words include: proportionately.
- In the example corpus, disproportionately often appears in combinations such as: disproportionately affected, are disproportionately, disproportionately affects.
Context around Disproportionately
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Disproportionately
- In this selection, "disproportionately" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, suffer, pollution, issues, affected, high and affects stand out and add context to how "disproportionately" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include air pollution disproportionately impacts black and already face disproportionately higher maternal. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "disproportionately" sits close to words such as breaches, goddess and influencer, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with disproportionately
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Black boys were disproportionately targeted. (5 words)
All these issues disproportionately affect Black folks in the United States. (11 words)
And they cry about photo ID requirements as disproportionately hurting Black people. (12 words)
And Black taxpayers appear to disproportionately file returns with the sort of potential errors that are easy for IRS systems to identify, like underreporting certain income or claiming tax credits that the taxpayer does not qualify for, the authors find. (40 words)
And while this disproportionately affects rural Canada, the reality is if you tax the farmer who grows the food, tax the trucker who ships the food, you are indeed taxing the people who are buying the food. (37 words)
But the real problem is the disproportionately high concentration of wealth in the media created by the collusion between governments and businesses — something independent media across Europe have been grappling with for more than a decade. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
The authority’s chief governance officer Gareth Owens said analysis on the demographics of the council showed it was “disproportionately male and disproportionately older” in comparison to the county’s population.
A 2019 study found in the Fraser Health region, which includes Surrey — about 35 kilometres southeast of Vancouver — those dying of toxic drugs were disproportionately young, male and South Asian.
Aboriginal people track below national averages on most socio-economic measures and suffer disproportionately high rates of suicide, domestic violence and imprisonment.
According to the charity, each year, one in four children leave primary school unable to read well and disadvantaged children are disproportionately affected.
Additionally, Black, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander and Native American pregnant people were disproportionately more likely to die in our state.
Air pollution disproportionately impacts Black communities, according to from Harvard University and the California-based Environmental Systems Research Institute.
All these issues disproportionately affect Black folks in the United States.
And Black taxpayers appear to disproportionately file returns with the sort of potential errors that are easy for IRS systems to identify, like underreporting certain income or claiming tax credits that the taxpayer does not qualify for, the authors find.
And Florida will continue to be disproportionately affected by climate change and sea level rise, the report concluded.
And, sadly, the trans community experiences victimization at a disproportionately high rate when compared to their cisgender counterparts.
And they cry about photo ID requirements as disproportionately hurting Black people.
And while this disproportionately affects rural Canada, the reality is if you tax the farmer who grows the food, tax the trucker who ships the food, you are indeed taxing the people who are buying the food.
Aside from meter reading mayhem, like many other people with additional needs to live, Katy is still disproportionately affected by the cost of energy use.
Black boys were disproportionately targeted.
Both publications praised the way that Monroe has highlighted the fact that food inflation disproportionately affects the poor.
But climate change threatens many species, and contaminants long released into the Great Lakes, the health of people who eat them — disproportionately harming tribal citizens.
But local businesses and workers say they have been disproportionately forced to pay the price — in reduced profits, layoffs and exasperated hours stranded in traffic.
But the real problem is the disproportionately high concentration of wealth in the media created by the collusion between governments and businesses — something independent media across Europe have been grappling with for more than a decade.
By making sure our footways are kept clear and safe we can support those who are disproportionately affected get around the city.
For instance, Black and Native American women already face disproportionately higher maternal mortality rates nationwide; Latina women are more likely than other women to lack health insurance.
Common combinations with disproportionately
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: