: not showing what a group of people or things is truly like : not representative
The people who live here are unrepresentative of the population as a whole.
an unrepresentative sample/minority
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“Unrepresentative.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/unrepresentative. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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