Underrepresented
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Underrepresented is an adjective meaning Having less than adequate or sufficient representation.
Meaning
Having less than adequate or sufficient representation.
More Meanings
- simple past and past participle of underrepresent
Example Sentences
Over more than four decades between 1978 and 2019, the proportion of medical school enrollees who identify as Black, Hispanic or members of other underrepresented groups has stayed “well below” the proportions that each group represented in the general US population, according to a 2021 report in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Antonyms for underrepresented
Common opposites include overrepresented.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include insufficient, inadequate, unrepresented, outvoted, represented, underadvantaged.
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