how to pronounce disproportionate

/ˌdɪs.pɹəˈpɔː.ʃən.ət/

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disproportionate is pronounced in five syllables

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dɪspɹəpɔːʃənət

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An example use of disproportionate in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… uh totally uh disproportionate then we …”

meanings of disproportionate

adjective:

  1. Out of proportion.
  2. Not proportionate.

verb:

  1. To undergo disproportionation.

disproportionate frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word disproportionate occurs in english on average 2.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics disproportionate can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that disproportionate can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

words with pronunciation similar to disproportionate

disproportionproportionate

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