disproportionately

disproportionate | American Dictionary

disproportionate
adjective
us/ˌdɪs·prəˈpɔr·ʃə·nət/
too great or too small when compared to something else:
The sheer size of the company gave it disproportionate influence in dealing with the Pentagon and Congress.

disproportionately

adverbus/ˌdɪs·prəˈpɔr·ʃə·nət·li/
Unemployment in Iowa is disproportionately high.

Examples of disproportionate

disproportionate
I argued above that whether an eternal punishment is disproportionate to a finite wrong depends on the qualitative characteristics of the punishment.
Perhaps the access which even tiny regions receive due to their administrative status enables them to extract benefits disproportionate to their populations.
To control for potential bias from the disproportionate number of re-admissions to a small number of units, data analysis was restricted to first admissions only.
A disproportionate amount of time was, therefore, spent in the vicinity of their nest at this time of the year.
For example, the share of the burden of higher taxes and expenditure cuts is disproportionate or different across political parties.
Nonetheless, the disproportionate significance of large parasites is further hinted at by comparison with the 2 simpler models lacking the small-large parasite distinction.
The role of fetal asphyxia has received disproportionate attention because of the limited understanding of genetic, infectious, metabolic and endocrinologic mechanisms of brain damage.
In some universities certain halls of residence contributed a disproportionate number of cases.
In order not to place a disproportionate weight on ratings of behavior in the home the scores of the two parents were averaged.
We use these curves to find necessary and sufficient conditions for disproportionate reforms, piecemeal or discrete, to be welfare improving.
The first part of revonsuo's thesis, that dreams contain a disproportionate number of threat and predation themes, seems quite uncontroversial.
This may explain the disproportionate research and funding in breast cancer as compared with prostate cancer.
In view of the disproportionate effort required, we have abandoned consumer peer review of draft final reports.
Nonetheless, it was the backwaters in the kampong communities that suffered far disproportionate fatalities than the seemingly overcrowded and filthy urban centres.
On the venous side this results in disproportionate cardiac filling and increased cardiac output as plasma volume expands in early pregnancy.
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