Another example is the disproportionate suspicion given to and police targeting of black men in tracksuits, whereas their white counterparts are more likely to be seen as joggers.
This is wholly disproportionate and ripe for challenge.
I think that a child does not feel the sublime because a child need not, perhaps cannot, confront the limitations of his or her language – language, for a child, is already miraculous, supple, generous in its association, tragic, hilarious, disproportionate and huge.
It is disproportionate, ugly and tragic and will not do Israel any good in the long run".
The disproportionate power of the executive to stifle debate is a widely recognised shortcoming of the Dáil, most starkly illustrated by Kenny's recent refusal to permit a free vote among his party colleagues on the contentious matter of abortion.
Such antiquated policy in the treatment of our neighbours stands in disproportionate contrast to the "unintended" incursions of naval ships, armed to the teeth with every piece of radar and satellite equipment under the sun, who have suffered no cost or damage as a result of their action.
The Electoral Reform Society has branded the 2015 general election the "most disproportionate in British history" after it published an analysis showing Ukip could have won as many as 80 MPs and the Greens 20 under other systems.
One of the peer's major points of concern has been David Cameron's refusal to say that Israeli action in Gaza has been "disproportionate" like he did when the country launched an incursion into Lebanon in 2006.
"I think for me it's morally indefensible where after four weeks of a conflict more than a quarter of the Gazan population displaced, more than 2,000 people killed, more than 400 innocent children killed, we still cannot find the words to say, we condemn this and we feel this action has been disproportionate.
The Vienna-based press freedom watchdog, the International Press Institute IPII) thinks the legal claims are disproportionate.
To call the Telegraph's response disproportionate is to do a disservice to the adjective.
