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The phrase "are disproportionately small" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where something is smaller in proportion compared to other elements or expectations.
Example: "The resources allocated to the project are disproportionately small compared to its overall budget."
Alternatives: "are relatively minor" or "are significantly lesser".
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On autopsy, the supratentorial parts of the brain are small size, but of normal appearance, while the cerebellum and brainstem are disproportionately small.
In spite of these putative exemplars the number of described molecular mechanisms that underlie evolutionary change by heterochrony are disproportionately small given the prominence of this process in discussions of morphological evolution [ 14].
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