out of proportion to

Synonyms

overly overmuch incommensurate

Antonyms

proportional

Examples

Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking. Margaret Fuller

Heaven and hell seem out of proportion to me: the actions of men do not deserve so much. Jorge Luis Borges

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve. Henry David Thoreau

The operation was wildly out of proportion to the threat. It would compromise our moral position in the world and make it impossible for us to protest treaty violations by the Communists. J. William Fulbright

Grief is depression in proportion to circumstance; depression is grief out of proportion to circumstance. Andrew Solomon

Rocket science has been mythologized all out of proportion to its true difficulty. John D. Carmack

Words in the phrase

out of proportion to

Close letter words and terms

out of print out of production out of proportion out of public view out of puff out of question