underrepresented

See also: under-represented

English

Etymology 1

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *-tér
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Indo-European *h₂én
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi
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Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
Proto-Indo-European *-ér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
Proto-Germanic *under
Proto-West Germanic *undar
Old English under-
Middle English under-
English under-
English represented
English underrepresented

    From under- + represented.

    Adjective

    underrepresented (comparative more underrepresented, superlative most underrepresented)

    1. Having less than adequate or sufficient representation.
      Antonym: overrepresented
      • 2023 February 21, Jacqueline Howard, “Only 5.7% of US doctors are Black, and experts warn the shortage harms public health”, in CNN‎[1], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 20 May 2026:
        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.
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    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

    underrepresented

    1. simple past and past participle of underrepresent
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