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disposed adj. likely, inclined, apt, liable, given, tending or leaning
towards, prone, subject, of a mind to, minded, willing, ready,
predisposed: She was still awake when he got home and seemed
disposed to talk.
disposition
n. 1 character, temper, attitude, temperament, nature,
personality, bent, frame of mind, humour, make-up, spirit:
Alan's son David has a cheerful disposition. 2 arrangement,
organization, placement, disposal, ordering, grouping, set,
placing: I don't care much for the disposition of the
furniture. 3 transfer, transference, dispensation, disposal,
assignment, settlement, determination, bestowal, parcelling out,
distribution: The disposition of father's assets is not your
affair. 4 determination, choice, disposal, power, command,
control, management, discretion, decision, regulation:
Distribution of favours is at the disposition of the crown.
dispossess
v. evict, expel, oust, eject, turn or drive out, dislodge,
Colloq kick or throw out, Brit boot out, US bounce: The
landlord dispossessed them for non-payment of rent.
disproportion
n. inequality, unevenness, disparity, imbalance, asymmetry,
irregularity, lopsidedness, dissimilarity, inconsistency,
incongruity: Now that we're older, there isn't such a
disproportion in our ages.
disproportionate
adj. unbalanced, out of proportion, asymmetrical, irregular,
lopsided, dissimilar, inconsistent, incommensurate, incongruous;
unfair, unequal, uneven, disparate: The windows are
disproportionate to the size of the house. The contractor was
paid a disproportionate amount for his work.
disprove v. refute, confute, invalidate, contradict, negate, rebut,
discredit, controvert, puncture, demolish, destroy, Colloq shoot
or poke full of holes: Modern science has disproved the
phlogiston theory.
disputable