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oproportionerlig

Oproportionerlig is an adjective used to describe something that lacks proportionality, i.e., its parts do not correspond to each other or to a whole in a coherent way.

The form appears to be built from the Danish noun 'proportion' plus the adjectival suffix '-lig' meaning

Usage of oproportionerlig tends to appear in discussions of aesthetics, design, architecture, statistics, and rhetoric. In

See also: Proportion, Proportionality, Disproportionate, Out of proportion. Notes on usage indicate that oproportionerlig is a

'having
the
characteristics
of'
with
the
negating
prefix
'u-'
indicating
'not'
or
'opposed
to.'
It
is
not
commonly
listed
in
standard
Danish
dictionaries
and
is
generally
found
in
theoretical
or
creative
writing.
In
English-language
discourse,
the
term
is
sometimes
rendered
as
'out
of
proportion'
or
'disproportionate.'
aesthetics
or
visual
critique,
it
describes
a
composition
that
feels
unbalanced
or
where
elements
are
oversized
or
undersized
relative
to
the
whole.
In
design
and
architecture,
it
can
denote
scale
mismatches
that
disrupt
harmony.
In
statistics
or
data
visualization,
it
may
describe
relationships
that
do
not
scale
proportionally
with
input.
In
rhetoric
or
argumentation,
it
can
refer
to
reasoning
where
the
emphasis
or
claims
are
disproportionate
to
the
evidence
provided.
rare,
largely
theoretical
or
illustrative
term
rather
than
a
standard,
widely
used
label
in
current
Danish
or
English-language
discourse.