Underrepresentation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Insufficient or disproportionately low representation. countable, uncountable

    "We are concerned about the underrepresentation of minorities."

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"We are concerned about the underrepresentation of minorities."

Etymology

From under- + representation.

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