Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
MISPROPORTION
Etymology
Verb
misproportion (third-person singular simple present misproportions, present participle misproportioning, simple past and past participle misproportioned)
(transitive) To give the wrong proportions to.
Source: Wiktionary
Mis`pro*por"tion, v. t.
Definition: To give wrong proportions to; to join without due proportion.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ELOQUENCE
(noun) powerful and effective language; “his eloquence attracted a large congregation”; “fluency in spoken and written English is essential”; “his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police”
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