adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
amount
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Television also received a disproportionate amount of public attention in the press and parliamentary debate.
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Clearly in simple population terms the older age groups account for a disproportionate amount of health care expenditure.
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Many people feel that packaging creates a disproportionate amount of litter.
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The Home Secretary is receiving a disproportionate amount of attention from the press for the action that he has taken.
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But just as all doctors have patients who consume disproportionate amounts of time so we have papers that slow us down.
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Marshall had taken to calling it the rumour factory because a disproportionate amount of time seemed to be wasted on chatter.
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Complicated things are never robust and things that are not robust require a disproportionate amount of attention.
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Grossly disproportionate amounts of money per pupil for each system reinforced these differences.
influence
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Capitalists command disproportionate influence over state agencies and funding for public campaigns.
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New Hampshire, with a population of only 1. 1 million, has long had a disproportionate influence on presidential politics.
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New Hampshire unquestionably possesses a disproportionate influence over the nominating process.
number
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A disproportionate number of these patients were elderly.
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Also in Medicaid, the budget proposed to reduce payments to hospitals that serve a disproportionate number of poor patients.
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A disproportionate number of visits in the late evening were to young children.
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Long-term residents affected While seniors account for a disproportionate number of owner move-in evictions, other long-term residents are also affected.
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The graduate assignments the following year were reportedly very disappointing, with a disproportionate number being sent to rural areas.
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The reality is that Americahas a disproportionate number , though still a minority, of very heavily armed people.
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For example it was highlighted that a disproportionate number of Black women remained in refuge accommodation for longer periods before they were rehoused.
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It arose out of genuine social issues, not because there was a disproportionate number of prejudiced personalities living in the locality.
power
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Now a generation of southern Republicans, brought up resenting the interfering ways of the federal government, is wielding disproportionate power .
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In both houses, the reformers claimed, committee chairmen exercised disproportionate power .
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Mr Hattersley said giving disproportionate power to small, minority centre parties would not improve democracy.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Children who disrupt lessons at school take up a disproportionate amount of the teacher's time.
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The report shows that a disproportionate number of black women do unskilled, low-paid work.
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The richest areas of the country are getting a disproportionate share of government grants.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Clough was small in stature with disproportionate physical strength and powers of endurance.
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For years, the female tilt toward the Democrats was balanced by disproportionate white male support for Republicans.
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In both houses, the reformers claimed, committee chairmen exercised disproportionate power.
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Nationally, a disproportionate 48 percent of all foster children are minorities.
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Some fields get disproportionate funds, he opined, while others go hungry.
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They are equally aware that achieving the last few percentage points in performance of ten causes a disproportionate increase in costs.
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Yet what our little coterie suffered was, I believe, disproportionate to our vices.