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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

不均衡

Native Script:中文汉字

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bù jūnhéng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Disproportion/ˌdɪs.prəˈpɔːr.ʃən/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"收入与支出之间存在巨大悬殊。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A lack of proper proportion, balance, or symmetry between parts or elements.

    "There is a striking disproportion between the severity of the crime and the leniency of the sentence."
  2. 2

    An instance of being out of scale or inappropriate in size or amount relative to something else.

    "The immense budget of the marketing department created a financial disproportion within the smaller startup."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Middle English prefix dis- (meaning 'lack of' or 'opposite of') combined with proportion, which stems from the Latin proportio, meaning 'comparative relation' or 'symmetry'. Over time, the term evolved to specifically describe an imbalance or lack of correct relation in size, degree, or representation between parts.

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