disproportionate percentage

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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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percentage
noun
uk
/pəˈsen.tɪdʒ/us
/pɚˈsen.t̬ɪdʒ/
an amount of something, often expressed as a number out ...
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(Definition ofdisproportionateandpercentagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Adisproportionatepercentageof indigenous testaments represent the established nobility and the well-off, as might be expected.
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The indications in the survey, which have clear implications, are that pensioners spend adisproportionatepercentageof their income on food, fuel and housing.
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One is thedisproportionatepercentageof persons on the local authorities' disablement registers compared with the general population who have been subject to prolonged unemployment of a semi-permanent nature.
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This biome is rare, and contains adisproportionatepercentageof the world's rare and endemic species.
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According to, a quarterly journal with a conservative point of view, evidence for academic bias includes thedisproportionatepercentageof academics who are political progressives and/or irreligious.
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In 2003, the commission commented that it has deployed adisproportionatepercentageof its resources to the regulation of this sector, which represents only a minority of funds under management.
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An example of this is the coast; where the land and the sea meet there is a particularly rich area that meets adisproportionatepercentageof human and animal needs.
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