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Discover LudwigThe phrase "affects disproportionately" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where something has an unequal impact on different groups or individuals.
Example: "The new policy affects disproportionately those from low-income backgrounds, leading to increased inequality."
Alternatives: "impacts unevenly" or "influences unfairly".
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Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a significant public health problem that affects disproportionately more women than men (Kessler et al., 2003; Weissman & Olfson, 1995).
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Shares in smaller companies were affected disproportionately.
It is our hope that the poor are not affected disproportionately".
Uterine fibroids affect nearly 80percentt of women, with black women affected disproportionately.
Yet, women are the ones affected disproportionately by conflict and disaster situations, she said.
And it warned that homeless people are being affected disproportionately.
While this drop is itself substantial, it is likely that certain groups within the country were affected disproportionately.
Women are affected disproportionately, with a female to male ratio of nearly two to one [ 1].
Children are affected disproportionately by climate change impacts which are reversing hard-won development gains and making existing inequities worse.
Male farmworkers are affected disproportionately, and the clinical presentation is suggestive of interstitial nephritis, confirmed on renal biopsies.
But the Greek crisis nevertheless affects them disproportionately.
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