underrepresented

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Black and Hispanic doctors are underrepresented relative to their share of the population, according to a 2018 study by the Association of American Medical Colleges.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Prof Julie Hall, the vice-chancellor of London Metropolitan University, added the decision "hits students from underrepresented and lower income backgrounds the hardest".

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

She is signed with United Talent Agency and has launched a private equity film fund dedicated to uplifting underrepresented voices in Hollywood.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

“Since 2001, tens of thousands of junior high, high school and community college students from predominantly low-income and underrepresented backgrounds have participated in our annual college access conference in coordination with UC Davis’ Avanza Initiative.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 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 Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)