Sentence examples for rather disproportionate from inspiring English sources
He was not a suspect in the case, nor was he charged with anything, which made the aggressive thoroughness of the ensuing search seem rather disproportionate.
One sweltering morning, after lukewarm milk and a bumpy ride to school, I had thrown up all over a church orderly and was given a rather disproportionate dressing down for my sins.
Indeed, there is a substantial amount of evidence of bad leadership, whether in regional structures, national governments or in private companies, that led to this rather disproportionate crisis, to be equaled only with the Great Recession of the 1930s [4].
Nevertheless, the amount of efficient genetic engineering tools available was, until recently, rather disproportionate to its industrial potential.
Rather, the disproportionate involvement of women and children in the riots is best interpreted as an indication of substantial unrest within the immigrant community.
When the European Union condemned Israel for bombing Lebanon in retaliation for the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers, it did not question Israel's right to respond, but rather, its "disproportionate use of force".
Second, the severity of the mandatory minimum sentences10 years if no actual or threatened violence is involved and 25 years in a case of this kindis rather plainly disproportionate to the offense if it covers every conceivable theft of Government propertyeven the attempted robbery of a Government-owned hammer.
But the intent behind those numbers can be hard to prove, especially because judicial precedence, for the most part, requires plaintiffs in civil-rights cases to prove "discriminatory intent" rather than "disproportionate impact" in order to declare an action or policy unconstitutional.
The human visual system does not treat all parts of the image equally; rather, a disproportionate amount of neural processes are dedicated to the central two degrees of the image.
"This concedes the principle," Justice Scalia wrote, "and we see no statutory basis for limiting its use to situations where the benefits are de minimis rather than significantly disproportionate".
These findings point to a further necessary clarification that greater focus on contexts in East Asians is related to attention to both objects and backgrounds, rather than a disproportionate attention towards backgrounds only.
