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Definition of Overproportion
1. v. t. To make of too great proportion.
Definition of Overproportion
1. Verb. To give something excessive proportions ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overproportion
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overproportion
Literary usage of Overproportion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Domestic Science by Bertha J. Hoisington Austin (1915)
"Probably more good jelly-making material is spoiled through the use of an
overproportion of sugar than from all other causes combined—-and this because the ..."
2. Legislative Document by New York (State). Legislature (1919)
"Probably more good jelly-making material is spoiled thru the use of an overproportion
of sugar than from all other causes combined; and this is true because ..."
3. Report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University by Cornell University, New York State College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station (1919)
"Probably more good jelly-making material is spoiled thru the use of an overproportion
of sugar than from all other causes combined; and this is true because ..."
4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1893)
"Of the twelve, there were ten under eighteen years of age, showing an overproportion
amongst youthful epileptics. Of course, a few of these showed other ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1830)
"That an overproportion of the population of this country is now employed in
manufactures is a fact which no person wilt venture to dispute. ..."
6. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library (1853)
"I wish there was a Possibility of remedying the defect, indeed there should be
an overproportion otherwise the Cloths will very shortly be unfit for Service ..."
7. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1871)
"And though, for perfection, the books and the sciences must be superadded, yet
do not the rudiments persist in constant overproportion and incessant ..."
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