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Discover LudwigThe phrase "disproportionately small" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe something that is much smaller than it should be compared to something else. For example, "The number of female executives in this company is disproportionately small compared to the number of male executives."
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A disproportionately small share of social spending goes to the poorest 40%.
But in general, many Southern states have received a disproportionately small share of Ryan White funds.
Smaug's front legs looked disproportionately small, like those of a T. rex.
But biomass still contributes a disproportionately small share of the energy being generated.
He kept jerking up his disproportionately small head like an excited worm, checking on us.
CONS: The parlor floor kitchen, which could be expanded or moved, is disproportionately small for the rest of the house.
I remember that the window was disproportionately small for the room, as if the motel itself were a ship.
The large advertisers stayed more conservative, however, which may explain why the internet-advertising market is still disproportionately small.
The well-known chubby blue bird, with its playful tuft of feathers and disproportionately small wings, is out.
The city has a disproportionately small number of the roughly 2,700 charter schools nationwide: there are 18, out of about 40 in New York State.
Google reached a £130m ($181m) settlement with British tax authorities for the period since 2005, which British politicians criticised on Tuesday as "disproportionately small".
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