In 2010, a study revealed that farms contribute disproportionately to nutrient loads.

Overdiagnosis, by contributing disproportionately to early diagnosis of lethal conditions, has the effect of inflating survival statistics.

Countries like Britain, which might benefit from different allocations of the budget to which they contribute so disproportionately, are thus penalised both positively and negatively.

But the guidebooks, poster art and theater productions contribute disproportionately to its elan.

In New York City, a handful of high-paying industries contribute disproportionately to tax revenues.

Livestock activities also contribute disproportionately to land-use effects, since crops such as corn and alfalfa are cultivated in order to feed the animals.

The United Kingdom contributed disproportionately to the success of this enterprise.

Airports can be misused, because they can force every party that is dependent on them, from airline to passenger, to contribute disproportionately to their profit.

But equally, it is unjust for taxpayers who cannot afford a good pension of their own to contribute disproportionately to an unsustainable system.

For example, someone with many partners can contribute disproportionately to the spread of a sexually transmitted disease at a community level.