DISPROPORTIONAL

disproportional, disproportionate

(adjective) out of proportion

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

disproportional (comparative more disproportional, superlative most disproportional)

disproportionate

Source: Wiktionary


Dis`pro*por"tion*al, a.

Definition: Not having due proportion to something else; not having proportion or symmetry of parts; unsuitable in form, quantity or value; inadequate; unequal; as, a disproportional limb constitutes deformity in the body; the studies of youth should not be disproportional to their understanding.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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COWBERRY

(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries


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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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