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Ill-proportioned   Listen
adjective
ill-proportioned  adj.  
1.
Out of proportion in shape.
Synonyms: lopsided, one-sided.
2.
Lacking pleasing shape.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Ill-proportioned" Quotes from Famous Books



... 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


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