disproportionately suffer

Frequency: 7.511.3 per million words

Indicates that a particular group experiences negative consequences or hardship to a much greater degree than others.

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  • Low-income families often disproportionately suffer during economic recessions.
  • During the pandemic, elderly populations were seen to disproportionately suffer from severe complications.
  • Coastal communities will disproportionately suffer the consequences of rising sea levels.
  • Critics argue that the new tax policy will cause small businesses to disproportionately suffer.
  • Farmers in arid regions have disproportionately suffered from the prolonged drought.
  • In many conflict zones, women and children disproportionately suffer from violence and displacement.
  • Without proper investment, residents of poorer neighborhoods disproportionately suffer from inadequate public services.
  • Students without reliable internet access disproportionately suffered when schools moved to online learning.
  • Developing nations often disproportionately suffer the effects of climate change, despite contributing the least to it.
  • We must implement fair policies so that no single group disproportionately suffers from the changes.