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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Present in inadequate numbers or amounts; insufficiently represented.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
underrepresent . - adjective Having less than
adequate orsufficient representation
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Examples
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And why Republicans would want to go uncounted and risk having their bright red states be underrepresented is beyond me …
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Therefore, I find it somewhat disingenuous when people start talking about how to encourage certain underrepresented groups enter graduate schools in sciences.
Women and Science: Around the Blogs Peggy 2007
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Therefore, I find it somewhat disingenuous when people start talking about how to encourage certain underrepresented groups enter graduate schools in sciences.
Archive 2007-02-01 Peggy 2007
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Note: Many scholars are beginning to change their lexicon of language to use the word underrepresented to denote this particular ideal.
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Since 2003 the small, elite liberal-arts school in Brunswick, Maine, has boosted the proportion of so-called underrepresented minority students (blacks, Latinos, and Native Americans, about 30 percent of the U.S. population) in entering freshman classes from 8 percent to 13 percent.
Minority Report 2010
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Connecting Obama with the potential success of the underrepresented was a common theme among party attendees and artsists alike.
Jonah Lalas: Hip-Hop Icons Slick Rick, Biz Markie, Whodini Party In Denver For Obama 2008
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Throughout MnSCU's 32 schools, enrollment has skyrocketed particularly among low-income students, students of color and those whose parents did not attend college - those MnSCU has identified as underrepresented students.
News By Adam Spencer <br>aspencer@pioneerpress.com 2009
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Mr. Coulter described the private-equity industry as "underrepresented" in China's economy, but predicted it would expand substantially.
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Meanwhile, over at the State Department, they're extending more visas to those from "underrepresented" populations (usually Muslim), and now welcoming Tariq Ramadan (terror sympathizer and grandson of the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood) to our shores.
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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At UCLA, the numbers of incoming "underrepresented" minorities also dropped precipitously.
The Color of Change 2007
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