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/ɪl-prəpˈɔrʃənd/ Listen

adjective

ill-proportioned adj.

Out of proportion in shape.

Synonyms: lopsided, one-sided.

Lacking pleasing shape.

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Etymology of 'Ill-proportioned'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ill-proportioned" Quotes from Famous Books

... that one," he repeated confidently, and pointed to the most ill-proportioned of an ill-conceived litter of mongrels. Helen raised shaking hands to ...

— The Short Life • Francis Donovan

... is the admiration of an enchanted audience pays dear for her success. What result can possibly follow on exertions so ill-proportioned to the resources of the delicate sex? The muscles of the body, disproportionately wearied, are forced to their full power of exertion. The nervous forces, intended to feed the fire of passions, and the labor of the brain, are diverted from their course. The failure of desire, the wish ...

— The Physiology of Marriage, Part II. • Honore de Balzac

... medieval towns. That which is funny is calculated to provoke laughter; that which is droll is more quietly amusing. That which is grotesque in the material sense is irregular or misshapen in form or outline or ill-proportioned so as to be somewhat ridiculous; the French bizarre is practically ...

— English Synonyms and Antonyms - With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions • James Champlin Fernald

... repeated confidently, and pointed to the most ill-proportioned of an ill-conceived litter of mongrels. Helen raised shaking hands ...

— The Short Life • Francis Donovan

... an ill-proportioned young man, not yet having outgrown the "spindling" appearance of his boyhood, but even then he possessed certain of the remarkable features familiar to every boy and girl who has studied the portraits of Napoleon ...

— The Boy Life of Napoleon - Afterwards Emperor Of The French • Eugenie Foa