How to Use underrepresented in a Sentence
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What's more, getting rid of them could lift wages for underrepresented groups.
—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2023
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One of the core tenets of the study is to train underrepresented students in science.
—Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 5 Oct. 2021
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The problem was that on the flip side, there were many countries that were underrepresented.
—Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 23 June 2021
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Building this with a small crew of underrepresented creatives wasn’t just a choice.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 2 Feb. 2026
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As a result, the true death toll was underrepresented by more than 40% for months.
—Jon Campbell, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2021
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Women do not run at the same rate as men and are therefore vastly underrepresented.
—Erin Loos Cutraro, Fortune, 4 May 2022
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At least 30 percent of the film’s crew is from an underrepresented group.
—Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2023
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Maybe she has already been asked, as a member of an underrepresented group, to do a bunch of things that place extra burdens on her.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2021
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Paramount did not have a single underrepresented actor as the lead of a film among the top 100 films.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2026
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In journalism, this means choosing sources and experts that give voice to underrepresented groups.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
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So they are underrepresented in Congress right now.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 8 May 2026
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Of course, this is good news for the drug makers and their investors, but not necessarily for kids in underrepresented racial groups.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 10 Dec. 2021
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Part of this may be because Filipino foods are also underrepresented in the restaurant space.
—Ahmed Ali Akbar, Chicago Tribune, 16 Oct. 2024
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Schools are overcrowded, staff turnover rate is high, and students from underrepresented backgrounds are slipping through the cracks.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
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So go ahead, tell your friends and co-workers what that underrepresented name is (unless you were born without a middle name, and in that case, choose one of the many below).
—Laura Lane, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2022
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But the majority of mammals are rodents and bats, which are underrepresented in these types of studies, per the paper.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024
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For decades, the Western was omnipresent on movie screens but underrepresented on Oscar night.
—Stuart Miller, Variety, 28 Feb. 2022
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Our apprentices are diverse, with more than one-third from underrepresented backgrounds.
—Amy Volz, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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But from the beginning, the brothers have used the latitude of indie comics to tell stories underrepresented in those forms.
—Sam Thielman, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2022
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They, however, are still underrepresented in each field.
—Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
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Ulta says the initiative is part of its efforts to support underrepresented founders.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 6 Nov. 2025
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And once the industry contracts and other investors become risk-averse, what that does is shut out the underrepresented voices.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2026
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Of course, the Indigenous and the deaf community, both of them are very small and underrepresented.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 10 Jan. 2024
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Women have played a crucial and often underrepresented role in shaping and enriching the landscape of hip-hop.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 11 Aug. 2023
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First, in the workplace, much of the onus for transforming harmful cultures falls on employees from underrepresented racial groups.
—Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
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The study found enrollment by underrepresented racial and ethnic groups fell more than a third by five years after the bans’ implementation.
—Chandelis Duster, CNN, 30 June 2023
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But many of these AI tools are laden with bias, leading to candidates from underrepresented racial groups being filtered out.
—Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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African Americans make up about 7% of players — still underrepresented, but gaining ground in a game that hasn't always shared the court.
—Itay Hod, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
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Latino voters, nearly half of our district, were largely underrepresented, which skews the results.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
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The situation of the partner of the addict seems very underrepresented.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
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