unrepresentative
adjective
un·rep·re·sen·ta·tive
ˌən-ˌre-pri-ˈzen-tə-tiv 
: not representative: such as
a
: not typical or characteristic : atypical
an unrepresentative sample
We only claim that our town is not all that unrepresentative of America in its mixture of idealism and weakness, ambitions and muddles …—
Judith Martin
Judith Martin
b
: not representing an electorate
an unrepresentative judiciary
unrepresentativeness
noun
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Iowa’s winter blast could make an unrepresentative way of picking presidential nominees worse
CT DOT has 5,546 bridges to inspect every two years.
—Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024
Similarly, as Clauser and others had realized, if Alice and Bob detected an unrepresentative sample of particles—like a survey that contacted only right-handed people—their experiments could reach the wrong conclusions.
—Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2022
Magnet schools pull a different – but also racially unrepresentative – slice of public school students.
—Talisa Treviño, ABC News, 17 May 2024
These titles are deeply unrepresentative of the texts that typically emerged from binders’ offices and printing chapels and that filled the stalls of booksellers and the pockets of readers.
—Adam Smyth, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024
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Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024
Similarly, as Clauser and others had realized, if Alice and Bob detected an unrepresentative sample of particles—like a survey that contacted only right-handed people—their experiments could reach the wrong conclusions.
—Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2022
Magnet schools pull a different – but also racially unrepresentative – slice of public school students.
—Talisa Treviño, ABC News, 17 May 2024
These titles are deeply unrepresentative of the texts that typically emerged from binders’ offices and printing chapels and that filled the stalls of booksellers and the pockets of readers.
—Adam Smyth, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024
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“Unrepresentative.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unrepresentative. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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