The disproportionate amount of time spent on administrative tasks left researchers with little time for actual fieldwork.
花在行政事务上的时间不成比例地多，使研究人员几乎没有时间进行实际田野工作。
Economist Paolo Ricci notes that in cities where congestion pricing has been implemented, low-income drivers who cannot afford alternative transportation bear a disproportionate share of the fee's burden, even as wealthier drivers largely continue driving unaffected.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “disproportionate”?
C — Too large or too small in comparison; out of proportion.. “disproportionate” means Too large or too small in comparison; out of proportion..
Which word means “Too large or too small in comparison; out of proportion.”?
C — disproportionate. “disproportionate” means Too large or too small in comparison; out of proportion..
disproportionate — Too large or too small in comparison; out of proportion.. In Chinese: 不成比例的;过分的.
disproportionate is pronounced //ˌdɪsprəˈpɔːrʃənət//.
The disproportionate amount of time spent on administrative tasks left researchers with little time for actual fieldwork. (花在行政事务上的时间不成比例地多，使研究人员几乎没有时间进行实际田野工作。)
excessive, unequal, imbalanced — all close in meaning to disproportionate (Too large or too small in comparison; out of proportion.).
proportionate, balanced — each the opposite of disproportionate (Too large or too small in comparison; out of proportion.).
Yes. disproportionate is on the SAT Prep Difficult list — the higher-register words that decide the hard questions. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
dis(不) + proportionate(成比例的) → 不成比例 → 过分、失衡。