Definition of Proportionate

balanced in size, amount, or degree when compared to something else

Examples of Proportionate in a sentence

All investors were convinced they would receive a proportionate return of their money, but only ended up with half.  🔊

Human rights groups were outraged at the 200-year drug sentence with most agreeing that the punishment was not proportionate with the crime.  🔊

The picky buyer refused to consider the home because she didn’t think the large front porch was proportionate in size to the rest of the house.  🔊

The government sent a memo to all of schools in which they explained that proportionate funds would be distributed depending upon the number of students enrolled.  🔊

Regardless of the reasoning, the fact remains that sentencing of minorities is not proportionate with the sentencing of whites in the U.S.  🔊

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