proportioned

[ pruh-pawr-shuhnd, -pohr- ]

adjective

1. adjusted to proper proportion or relation.
2. having proportions as specified:

   a badly proportioned room.

Other Words From

• nonpro·portioned adjective
• under·pro·portioned adjective
• unpro·portioned adjective
• well-pro·portioned adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of proportioned¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, proportioned is from the Middle English word proporcioned. See proportion, -ed ²

Example Sentences

Rick Owens mixed gothic elements with a touch of the bizarre, featuring oversized rubber boots that Owens himself described as outlandishly proportioned.

From Seattle Times

The funds would be proportioned based on a voucher system that would let residents choose which outlets should get the most funding.

From Washington Times

The largest-of-the-large sauropods had differently shaped teeth and heads and distinctively proportioned bodies, indicating that these herbivorous dinosaurs ate different plants and lived in subtly different habitats.

From Scientific American

The impossibly proportioned 11.5” plastic embodiment of unattainable female beauty standards loomed over my childhood, along with the thin, white actors and supermodels of the era.

From Seattle Times

There turned out to be 11 solutions — 11 ways a square can be divided into four similarly proportioned rectangles.

From New York Times

Related Words

• comely
• curvaceous
• elegant
• graceful
• pleasing
• rounded