不釣り合い

不釣り合い
ふつりあい【不釣り合い】
imbalance; incongruity; disparity; imparity; disproportion; asymmetry.
~な incongruous 《with [to]…》; ill-sorted[-matched, -mated, -balanced]; lopsided; disproportionate 《to…》; disproportioned; incommensurate 《with…》; out of proportion 《to…》; asymmetric.

●不釣り合いな夫婦 an ill-matched[-sorted] couple; an ill-assorted pair

・不釣り合いな結婚 an unequal [a lopsided, an ill-assorted] match; a left-handed marriage; a misalliance; a mésalliance

・仕事に不釣り合いな能力 abilities incommensurate to [with] the task.

●年齢的な不釣り合い disproportion in age.

●手足の大きさが胴体に不釣り合いであった. The limbs were disproportionate to the body.

・着ているものの上と下が不釣り合いだ. The upper and lower garments do not match.

不釣り合いに diproportionately.

●不釣り合いに小さい be disproportionately small

・彼女は不釣り合いに大きな帽子をかぶっていた. She was wearing a disproportionately large hat [hat much too big for her head].


Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.

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