Overrepresentative

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Excessively representative.

    "The survey respondents were overrepresentative of the middle and upper classes."

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"The survey respondents were overrepresentative of the middle and upper classes."

Etymology

over- + representative

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