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Proportioned
(gcide) | Proportion \Pro*por"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Proportioned;
p. pr. & vb. n. Proportioning.] [Cf. F. proportionner. Cf.
Proportionate, v.]
1. To adjust in a suitable proportion, as one thing or one
part to another; as, to proportion the size of a building
to its height; to proportion our expenditures to our
income.
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In the loss of an object we do not proportion our
grief to the real value . . . but to the value our
fancies set upon it. --Addison.
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2. To form with symmetry or suitableness, as the parts of the
body.
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Nature had proportioned her without any fault. --Sir
P. Sidney.
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3. To divide into equal or just shares; to apportion.
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ill-proportioned
(encz) | ill-proportioned, adj: |
well proportioned
(encz) | well proportioned,pěkně rostlý adj: |
well-proportioned
(encz) | well-proportioned, adj: |
Disproportioned
(gcide) | Disproportion \Dis`pro*por"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Disproportioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Disproportioning.]
To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness to an end;
to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly.
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To shape my legs of an unequal size;
To disproportion me in every part. --Shak.
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A degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the
extent of its territory. --Prescott.
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ill-proportioned
(gcide) | ill-proportioned \ill-proportioned\ adj.
1. out of proportion in shape.
Syn: lopsided, one-sided.
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2. lacking pleasing shape.
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Underproportioned
(gcide) | Underproportioned \Un`der*pro*por"tioned\, a.
Of inadequate or inferior proportions; small; poor.
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Scanty and underproportioned returns of civility.
--Collier.
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Unproportioned
(gcide) | Unproportioned \Unproportioned\
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ill-proportioned
(wn) | ill-proportioned
adj 1: lacking pleasing proportions |
well-proportioned
(wn) | well-proportioned
adj 1: of pleasing proportions |
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