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Definition of unrepresentative in English: unrepresentativeadjective ˌʌnrɛprɪˈzɛntətɪvˌənrɛprəˈzɛn(t)ədɪv Not typical of a class, group, or body of opinion. an unrepresentative minority Example sentencesExamples - Rather, this vote is a good example of how elections can have very bizarre, unrepresentative consequences in societies with weak political institutions.
- Okay, this was - we are told - an isolated and wholly unrepresentative incident.
- Instead, names are drawn from a pre-selected, unrepresentative, pool of less than one-percent of us.
- That thoroughly unrepresentative body of millionaires could have a SOCIALIST in its ranks.
- Our democracy is crumbling with the politics of fear and prejudice ruling the roost, an electoral system which is corrupt and unrepresentative.
- His lengthy introduction is an ominous, unworthy and unrepresentative opening to an impressive body of work.
- Finally, I find the attempt to link this issue to ‘an unrepresentative minority’ incredible!
- Cronin and Magdalinski want an alternative to the current political process, which they view as unrepresentative of real-world needs.
- On the contrary, the moderate forces were at best a largely unrepresentative minority without an especially coherent programme.
- Pro-life groups are opposed to any change in the law and have criticised the survey for being unrepresentative.
- Popular opinion (or some unrepresentative poll) can never be a basis for decisions in a democracy.
- He is a far greater threat to human life and happiness than even the unrepresentative white minority government he drove from power.
- Johnson considers this subset to be unrepresentative of the broader population.
- Instead of getting family and old people on their side, the extremists, an unrepresentative minority, are turning them off.
- But some are arguing that this focus is a waste of time and money - that it's unrealistic, unrepresentative and naïve.
- Figures like this are exceptional in the extreme and give a completely unrepresentative impression of the national picture.
- Moreover, the armed forces are increasingly unrepresentative of the society they serve.
- How, scientifically, can we regard them as anything other than personal, unrepresentative opinions?
- Worse, this ineffectual debating society is wholly unrepresentative.
- Whether it's the composition of the major parties, or the courts, or the federal bureaucracy, our institutions are unrepresentative.
Synonyms unusual, uncommon, atypical, untypical, non-typical, rare, isolated, irregular, anomalous, deviant, deviating, divergent, wayward, aberrant, freak, freakish
Derivatives noun But I don't think that its own judgment of unrepresentativeness can outweigh its obligation to set the record straight once it publishes the original story. Example sentencesExamples - Some groups will always miss out, and the quotas will by their very nature heighten the unrepresentativeness of those taking part.
- There are frequent complaints about Parliament's social unrepresentativeness, particularly its male and upper and middle-class character.
- All politicians and mainstream media voices have stressed the unrepresentativeness of the terrorists.
- Of course, there are limitations in such narratives (e.g., unrepresentativeness of sample, self - deception, blindness to motives, errors in memory, wanting to induce a particular reaction).
Definition of unrepresentative in US English: unrepresentativeadjectiveˌənrɛprəˈzɛn(t)ədɪvˌənreprəˈzen(t)ədiv Not typical of a class, group, or body of opinion. an unrepresentative survey Example sentencesExamples - Pro-life groups are opposed to any change in the law and have criticised the survey for being unrepresentative.
- But some are arguing that this focus is a waste of time and money - that it's unrealistic, unrepresentative and naïve.
- Johnson considers this subset to be unrepresentative of the broader population.
- Moreover, the armed forces are increasingly unrepresentative of the society they serve.
- Whether it's the composition of the major parties, or the courts, or the federal bureaucracy, our institutions are unrepresentative.
- Figures like this are exceptional in the extreme and give a completely unrepresentative impression of the national picture.
- Instead of getting family and old people on their side, the extremists, an unrepresentative minority, are turning them off.
- Instead, names are drawn from a pre-selected, unrepresentative, pool of less than one-percent of us.
- Rather, this vote is a good example of how elections can have very bizarre, unrepresentative consequences in societies with weak political institutions.
- Popular opinion (or some unrepresentative poll) can never be a basis for decisions in a democracy.
- His lengthy introduction is an ominous, unworthy and unrepresentative opening to an impressive body of work.
- How, scientifically, can we regard them as anything other than personal, unrepresentative opinions?
- Worse, this ineffectual debating society is wholly unrepresentative.
- He is a far greater threat to human life and happiness than even the unrepresentative white minority government he drove from power.
- That thoroughly unrepresentative body of millionaires could have a SOCIALIST in its ranks.
- Cronin and Magdalinski want an alternative to the current political process, which they view as unrepresentative of real-world needs.
- Our democracy is crumbling with the politics of fear and prejudice ruling the roost, an electoral system which is corrupt and unrepresentative.
- Okay, this was - we are told - an isolated and wholly unrepresentative incident.
- On the contrary, the moderate forces were at best a largely unrepresentative minority without an especially coherent programme.
- Finally, I find the attempt to link this issue to ‘an unrepresentative minority’ incredible!
Synonyms unusual, uncommon, atypical, untypical, non-typical, rare, isolated, irregular, anomalous, deviant, deviating, divergent, wayward, aberrant, freak, freakish
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