nonrepresentative

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non·rep·re·sen·ta·tive | \ ˌnän-ˌre-pri-ˈzen-tə-tiv

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Definition of nonrepresentative

: not representative: such as

a : not serving as a typical or characteristic example a nonrepresentative sample

b : not of, based on, or constituting a government in which the many are represented by persons chosen from among them usually by election nonrepresentative governments

Examples of nonrepresentative in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In those cases, small, nonrepresentative subsets of users self-select to curate material, and each one can see what the others are doing. — Gilad Edelman, Wired, 1 Sep. 2021 The episode is perfect insight into mainstream American views of othered places — Africa or Asia, New Orleans or Compton — a story limned by limited outsiders and thus nonrepresentative, objectified and objectionable. — Tunde Wey, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2018

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“Nonrepresentative.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonrepresentative. Accessed 14 Aug. 2022.

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