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When the relationship between two things forgets which one was supposed to be bigger.

means A lack of proper balance or size relationship between parts, where one element dwarfs or shortchanges another.

from Latin proportio (a relationship of size) gets the prefix dis-, meaning apart or undone, in the 1550sliterally a proportion taken to pieces.

Math rootsProportion began as a ratio term before going visual.
Art usageCaricature is disproportion weaponized for laughs.
Sibling wordDisproportionate carries the same crime, more legalese.
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