underrepresented
adjective
un·der·rep·re·sent·ed ˌən-dər-ˌre-pri-ˈzen-təd 
: inadequately represented
underrepresentation
ˌən-dər-ˌre-pri-ˌzen-ˈtā-shən
noun -zən-
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web While there has been some movement, Black investors are still underrepresented across the US and this is affecting how funding decisions get made. 
Jasmine Browley, Essence, 8 Sep. 2022 Starr is a founding member Storyline Partners, an organization working in writers’ rooms to create authentic portrayals of underrepresented or misrepresented communities in pop culture. Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 7 Sep. 2022 It’s been well documented that underrepresented employees, especially Black workers, prefer to work remotely. Paolo Confino, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2022 Furthermore, the app gave a space to underrepresented demographics within the fashion industry that previously felt too-out-of-the-box in Instagram’s culture of cookie-cutter lifestyles. Frances Solá-santiago, refinery29.com, 5 Sep. 2022 But among those with the most monkeypox cases, people of color are often overrepresented among the sick and underrepresented among the vaccinated. Jen Christensen, CNN, 3 Sep. 2022 My mom is Asian, so just Asian people or any kind of underrepresented community. Yolanda Machado, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2022 The finding may be an underestimate, researchers wrote, because their sample was disproportionately young and liberal, with Trump supporters underrepresented. David Ingram, NBC News, 1 Sep. 2022 His colleagues said that Brother O’Donnell realized the underprivileged were also underrepresented legally. Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2022 See More
Jasmine Browley, Essence, 8 Sep. 2022 Starr is a founding member Storyline Partners, an organization working in writers’ rooms to create authentic portrayals of underrepresented or misrepresented communities in pop culture. Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 7 Sep. 2022 It’s been well documented that underrepresented employees, especially Black workers, prefer to work remotely. Paolo Confino, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2022 Furthermore, the app gave a space to underrepresented demographics within the fashion industry that previously felt too-out-of-the-box in Instagram’s culture of cookie-cutter lifestyles. Frances Solá-santiago, refinery29.com, 5 Sep. 2022 But among those with the most monkeypox cases, people of color are often overrepresented among the sick and underrepresented among the vaccinated. Jen Christensen, CNN, 3 Sep. 2022 My mom is Asian, so just Asian people or any kind of underrepresented community. Yolanda Machado, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2022 The finding may be an underestimate, researchers wrote, because their sample was disproportionately young and liberal, with Trump supporters underrepresented. David Ingram, NBC News, 1 Sep. 2022 His colleagues said that Brother O’Donnell realized the underprivileged were also underrepresented legally. Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1853, in the meaning defined above