NONREPRESENTATIVE Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

nonrepresentative

adjective

Definition of nonrepresentative

as in anomalous

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Recent Examples of nonrepresentative As fewer Americans answer surveys, are those who do inherently nonrepresentative? — David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026 In open session, the board heard reports on summer school and district demographics, and approved raises and a benefits increase for Classified Confidential, Supervisory, and Management nonrepresentative groups retroactive to July 1, 2022. — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2023 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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Adjective

So there's an anomalous absence of professional baseball from the Orlando market.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026
And a model that has never seen a particular organization’s unique context may easily flag normal activity as anomalous while overlooking real threats.

— Klaudia Zaika, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of anomalous

Adjective

Until recently, diagnosing Alzheimer’s required a medical history and exam as well as postmortem evidence of two abnormal proteins associated with the disease called amyloid and tau.

— Anand Kumar, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026
The audit assistance tool, now a requirement by Flock Safety, flags abnormal use by officers.

— Mark Morales, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of abnormal

Adjective

O’Flynn was still a student at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and had no idea how atypical this approach was for film acting.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026
The walks are particularly atypical for Wheeler, who entered Tuesday in the top 25 among starters in fewest walks per nine (minimum 110 innings pitched).

— Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of atypical

Adjective

Martyn Rady, Masaryk Professor Emeritus of Central European history at University College London, who was not involved in the study, agreed that Zosia was an example of a deviant burial.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Their emotional appeals drew on longstanding cultural tropes that cast trans and gender-diverse people as deviant or dangerous, amplifying public anxieties about trans rights, despite a lack of evidence for such claims.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of deviant

Adjective

Sabatini suggested to the jury there were possible explanations for that aberrant behavior without settling on a specific reason.

— Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026
Learning that these behaviors not only exist, but are prevalent in the animal kingdom, Page says, helps debunk what remains a widespread belief among certain humans that homosexuality and transgenderism are unnatural and aberrant.

— Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 19 June 2026

Definition of aberrant

Adjective

Scrivner’s 9×9 bull has been officially scored by Boone & Crockett at 411 1/8-inches, and it was just recently declared a new Oklahoma record for a nontypical bull elk.

— Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 8 Jan. 2026
Spillers’ big nontypical whitetail sports 18 points and scored 198 2/8 inches.

— Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 9 Jan. 2023

Definition of nontypical

Adjective

Its unusual features give it a curious, almost surprised expression, helping people connect with a species rarely seen outside its coral home.

— Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Researchers used Jefferson Lab’s Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) to produce the experiment’s unusual probe.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of unusual

Adjective

Their compensation increasingly arrives in large, irregular blocks such as vested company stock, bonuses and deferred comp.

— Meredith Moore, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Although overall irregular migration numbers were down over the previous year across Europe in the first five months of this year, many continue to risk their lives to reach the continent, and some routes do show an increase.

— Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of irregular

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