Disproportion — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dˈʌŋkɚz/

🇬🇧British English

/dˌɪspɹəpˈɔːʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dˌɪspɹəpˈɔːʃən/

4 syllables Say it as /dˈʌŋkɚz/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Antonyms

proportion

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Missverhältnis

Mangel an Proportionen; Ungleichgewicht zwischen den Teilen von etwas

🇪🇸Spanish

desproporción

falta de proporción; desequilibrio entre las partes de algo

🇮🇹Italian

sproporzione

mancanza di proporzione; squilibrio tra le parti di qualcosa

🇳🇱Dutch

wanverhouding

gebrek aan proportie; onbalans tussen de delen van iets

🇵🇹Portuguese

desproporção

falta de proporção; desequilíbrio entre as partes de algo

🇷🇺Russian

диспропорция

отсутствие пропорций; дисбаланс между частями чего-либо

India

🇮🇳Hindi

विषमता

अनुपात की कमी; किसी चीज के हिस्सों के बीच असंतुलन

🇧🇩Bengali

অনুপাত

অনুপাতের অভাব; কিছু অংশের মধ্যে ভারসাম্যহীনতা

🇮🇳Tamil

ஏற்றத்தாழ்வு

விகிதாச்சாரமின்மை; ஏதோவொன்றின் பாகங்களுக்கிடையில் ஏற்றத்தாழ்வு

🇮🇳Telugu

అసమానత

నిష్పత్తి లేకపోవడం; ఏదో భాగాల మధ్య అసమతుల్యత

🇮🇳Marathi

विषमता

प्रमाणाचा अभाव; एखाद्या गोष्टीच्या भागांमध्ये असमतोल

🇮🇳Gujarati

અપ્રમાણ

પ્રમાણનો અભાવ; કોઈ વસ્તુના ભાગો વચ્ચે અસંતુલન

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಸಮಾನತೆ

ಅನುಪಾತದ ಕೊರತೆ; ಯಾವುದೋ ಭಾಗಗಳ ನಡುವೆ ಅಸಮತೋಲನ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അനുപാതം

അനുപാതത്തിൻ്റെ അഭാവം; എന്തിൻ്റെയെങ്കിലും ഭാഗങ്ങൾ തമ്മിലുള്ള അസന്തുലിതാവസ്ഥ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਨੁਪਾਤ

ਅਨੁਪਾਤ ਦੀ ਘਾਟ; ਕਿਸੇ ਚੀਜ਼ ਦੇ ਹਿੱਸਿਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਸੰਤੁਲਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

عدم تناسب

تناسب کی کمی؛ کسی چیز کے حصوں میں عدم توازن

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

比例失调

比例不足；事物各部分之间的不平衡

🇯🇵Japanese

不均衡

比例性の欠如。何かの部分間の不均衡

🇰🇷Korean

불균형

비율 부족; 무언가의 부분들 사이의 불균형

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự không cân đối

thiếu tỷ lệ; sự mất cân bằng giữa các bộ phận của một cái gì đó

🇹🇭Thai

ความไม่สมส่วน

ขาดสัดส่วน ความไม่สมดุลระหว่างส่วนต่างๆ ของบางสิ่ง

🇮🇩Indonesian

disproporsi

kurangnya proporsi; ketidakseimbangan antara bagian-bagian dari sesuatu

🇵🇭Filipino

kawalan ng sukat

kakulangan ng proporsyon; kawalan ng timbang sa mga bahagi ng isang bagay

🇲🇾Malay

tidak seimbang

kekurangan perkadaran; ketidakseimbangan antara bahagian sesuatu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تفاوت

عدم التناسب عدم التوازن بين أجزاء الشيء

🇮🇷Persian

عدم تناسب

عدم تناسب؛ عدم تعادل بین اجزای چیزی

🇹🇷Turkish

orantısızlık

orantı eksikliği; bir şeyin parçaları arasındaki dengesizlik

🇮🇱Hebrew

חוסר פרופורציה

חוסר פרופורציה; חוסר איזון בין החלקים של משהו

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