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underrepresented

ADJECTIVE
inadequately represented
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
WEAK
discriminated


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Populations with these characteristics have historically been underrepresented in brain imaging studies, making the research an opportunity to examine cognitive aging across a broader range of social, educational, and geographic backgrounds.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

But they are underrepresented in research - a 2019 study found that they make up about 6% of research participants.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

And women still remain an underrepresented group, only making up 26% of AI hires in 2025, according to Kantenga.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Stevens is counting on support that she says may be underrepresented in opinion polls -- from Black voters, older Democrats and people without college degrees.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

You realised that quite a lot of types were underrepresented in Chambers Street, that feral and obscure and altogether monstrous forces must be at work, as yet altogether unassimilated by those neat administrative reorganisations.

From The New Machiavelli by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells




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