unproportionate

unproportionate

(ˌʌnprəˈpɔːʃənət)
adj
lacking proper proportion; disproportionate
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The bank said in its application that the FCMC decision is not substantial and unproportionate because there was no urgent need to suspend the bank's financial operation.
Geelani said that 'state people are facing extreme situations and added during and after these encounters the civilian populations are subjected to arbitrary measures and unproportionate military might.'
'He employed extreme and unproportionate force, thus committed an offence of manslaughter in the circumstances,' the judge said.
The bench held that the government's move to set the limit of fee increase was an unreasonable and unproportionate restriction on private schools' fundamental rights, while deciding petitions filed by private schools challenging the vires of certain sub-clauses of Section 7-A of the Punjab Private Educational Institutions (Promotion and Regulation) Ordinance, 1984, inserted in 2015.
We see the decision as unproportionate, absurd, and lacking in evidence, for the following reasons the Palestine Football Association added.
Syed Ali Gilani strongly condemned the use of brute and unproportionate
Hamid, in response to the court's judgment that Dar's assets grew unproportionate to his known sources of income, argued that his client's assets did not grow overnight but expanded over a course of 15 years.
President Mamnoon said unproportionate population growth and scarcity of resources is a major challenge for developing countries like Pakistan.
The unproportionate transition gives clay bodies a waistline, a tall neck or a head, showing the stretchability of clay.
"The report says the force Israel used against the passengers of the Mavi Marmara was not only unproportionate but also unnecessary and excessive, which cannot be seen justifiable on security or other reasons.
The establishment of Jewish terrorist cells under the Ottoman rule; the formation of militant groups with the help of Britain; smuggling of weapons; the doctrine of unproportionate use of force for creating fear on mass scale; and the forced expulsion of Palestinians from their lands demonstrate the psychology of Jewish leaders that transformed into well-thought-out policy.
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