Disproportioning

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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