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unrepresentative

unrepresentative

4 6.4
Not typical of a group and does not show what most people think or do
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnrɛprɪˈzɛntətɪv/
translation icon : no representativo
  • You seem to use small, unrepresentative countries, Switzerland and Denmark, to make your points.
  • unrepresentative sample
  • unrepresentative of the population

So detransitioning, it's a unrepresentative, atypical thing.

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Examples

  • Third, the special education population investigated in this article might be somehow unrepresentative of other special education students or clinical cases.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Yet engagement is often limited to a small and sometimes unrepresentative group of leaders.

    Academic text (2008)

  • But this is also something that is very unrepresentative of the world at large.

  • There is no reason to believe that our sampling days were unrepresentative, but it remains possible.

    Academic text (2013)

  • However, it would be fair to state that the sample is probably not too unrepresentative of young people who use cannabis.

    Academic text (2007)

  • In particular, the winner-take-all approach to states is very unrepresentative of the popular vote.

    Blog text (28)

  • Because the students were selected from preexisting schools, they may be unrepresentative of the population at large.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The sample is small and, in the case of Sderot, unrepresentative.

    Academic text (2009)

  • The quality of risk information made available through Proposition 65 has only been assessed in one unrepresentative marketing experiment.

    Academic text (1991)

  • The artist's latest work is unrepresentative of his typical style, showcasing a different approach.

Synonyms

uncharacteristic
vsunrepresentative
14 5.4

Not usual for a person or thing

applies to whole groups and stresses inaccuracy in representing them
untypical
vsunrepresentative
1 6.2

Not usual for people or things of the same kind

is used to stress failure to represent the whole accurately
nonrepresentative
vsunrepresentative
1 7.4

Not typical of the other things in a group

focuses on not accurately representing the entire group rather than mere oddness
atypic
vsunrepresentative
9.5

Not like most others of the same kind

is about not accurately representing the whole rather than only deviating
non-typical
vsunrepresentative
4.8

Not usual or expected

emphasizes failing to represent the whole group rather than simple difference

Antonyms

representative
54 4.6

Having the usual qualities of a group

Compounds

unrepresentative swill
  • Informal
9.9

False or useless information that does not show the real situation

How Representative

exemplary
45 5.8
typical
843 1.0
unrepresentative
4 6.4

Surface Forms

unrepresentative positive

Morphology

unrepresentative = representative (transparent) = un + represent + ative

The adjective 'representative' is the clear base and adding the productive negation 'un-' yields the straightforward meaning 'not representative'.

Etymology

Unrepresentative is made from un- meaning 'not' and represent meaning 'to stand in for or show someone or their views', the same idea you see in the word representative, someone who speaks for others. So, unrepresentative describes something that does 'not' show the true or typical view of a whole group.