disproportionate burden

collocation in English

meaningsofdisproportionateandburden

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disproportionate
adjective
uk
/ˌdɪs.prəˈpɔː.ʃən.ət/us
/ˌdɪs.prəˈpɔːr.ʃən.ət/
too large or too small in comparison to something else, or not deserving its importance ...
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burden
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbɜː.dən/us
/ˈbɝː.dən/
a heavy load that ...
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(Definition ofdisproportionateandburdenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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One line maintains that thisdisproportionateburdenis not unfair as each set of parents, ex hypothesi, freely undertook the risk that their child's life might be overburdened.
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The social chapter and the working time directive impose adisproportionateburdenon small businesses.
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Working out the allowances to which a wage stop family is entitled means, therefore, adisproportionateburdenon the staff.
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There is no doubt that this country is carrying a quite exceptional burden, indeed adisproportionateburden, in keeping the peace throughout the world.
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But anyway, certain groups such as the vending machine operators would seem to face a manifestlydisproportionateburdencompared with the rest of the economy.
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This uprating is not putting adisproportionateburdenon either side.
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I wonder myself whether we can really continue much longer to carry this huge anddisproportionateburden.
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Such appeals, even if they occasionally secure a small reduction in rateable value, place adisproportionateburdenon valuation officers and the local valuation courts.
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In this instance the extra and quitedisproportionateburdenis upon the low wage earner.
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Any such arrangements would be adisproportionateburdenon industry and would not be an effective use of enforcement resources.
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I agree that that can place adisproportionateburdenon local authorities that have places within their areas where homeless people tend to congregate.
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Secondly, it guarantees citizens' safety, without imposing, in exchange, adisproportionateburdenon economic operators.
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If that proposition is accepted, we immediately come up against the formidable problem of separate assessment, which places adisproportionateburdenon local authorities.
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Does he recognise that small firms competing for bids face adisproportionateburdenunder regulations?
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That proves that adisproportionateburdenof the unemployment is borne by women.
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We do not accept the argument that the capital debt is an unfair anddisproportionateburden.
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It imposes adisproportionateburdenon a small firm, especially in the preparation of accounts.
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However, we want to do so without imposing adisproportionateburdenon local authorities.
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Everything that he said about the burden thrown on them, thedisproportionateburden, is perfectly true.
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