unrepresentative
adjective
un·rep·re·sen·ta·tive
ˌən-ˌre-pri-ˈzen-tə-tiv 
: not representative: such as
a
: not typical or characteristic : atypical
an unrepresentative sample
We only claim that our town is not all that unrepresentative of America in its mixture of idealism and weakness, ambitions and muddles …—
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b
: not representing an electorate
an unrepresentative judiciary
unrepresentativeness
noun
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On university campuses and in living rooms, conversations are less about battles and borders and more about inflation, unemployment, a political system that feels unrepresentative and a future clouded by uncertainty.
—Salman Masood, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Yet the West either ignores them or dismisses them as unrepresentative.
—Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
Over all, a representative sample of how unrepresentative our view of red really is.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
But these two states represent a thin and unrepresentative base on which to build a sweeping theory of Arab anti-Americanism.
—Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2013
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Salman Masood, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Yet the West either ignores them or dismisses them as unrepresentative.
—Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
Over all, a representative sample of how unrepresentative our view of red really is.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
But these two states represent a thin and unrepresentative base on which to build a sweeping theory of Arab anti-Americanism.
—Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2013
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“Unrepresentative.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unrepresentative. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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