unrepresentative

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Recent Examples of unrepresentative Yet the West either ignores them or dismisses them as unrepresentative. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015 Over all, a representative sample of how unrepresentative our view of red really is. Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025 But these two states represent a thin and unrepresentative base on which to build a sweeping theory of Arab anti-Americanism. Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2013 For example, hearings held by video conference during the pandemic enabled witnesses to share expertise with Congress from a distance and open up a process that is notoriously unrepresentative. Lorelei Kelly, The Conversation, 24 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unrepresentative
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrepresentative
Adjective
  • While most players at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship are battling the Texas heat, slow play, and a demanding Fields Ranch East layout, Leona Maguire is dealing with something far more bizarre—tick bites!
    Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
  • The bizarre mix of world football and American football was once again clashing early in the game.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • The night before the baby junco landed in the research team’s net, a strange, shifting light filtered through the forest, not far from where the Long Trail, Vermont’s end-to-end hiking route, traverses the Mount Mansfield ridgeline.
    Madeline Bodin, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
  • But one of the strangest well wishes came not from a person, but a 1,400-foot-tall building.
    Stephen Daw, Billboard, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • But World Liberty makes renting hotel rooms look quaint by comparison.
    Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 14 May 2025
  • Looking back, the idea that two newspapers sharing a printing press could violate antitrust laws is laughably quaint.
    Megan Greenwell, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • Norton’s similar feature specifically watches for anomalous events such as charges that don’t fit your patterns.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 17 June 2025
  • The anomalous state of Uranus’s magnetosphere during the Voyager 2 flyby NASA.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 11 June 2025
Adjective
  • Alzheimer’s Disease is characterized by the presence of beta-amyloid, an abnormal substance which form sticky plaques on the brain which may result in death of brain cells.
    Robert Glatter, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • Mice studies suggest that activating these receptors may cut off oxygen supply to the retina, promoting the abnormal blood vessel growth that leads to nAMD.
    Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • There’s also his quirky goal celebrations and his unselfishness when played at right-back under Slaven Bilic.
    Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 27 June 2025
  • Her interests extend to topics such as human evolution, psychology, and quirky animal stories.
    Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • Certainly, there are plenty of big, long-time online creators who are producing good-quality content at remarkable velocity.
    David Bloom, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
  • Best of all is Belden House’s location right in town, steps away from the center and its remarkable history.
    Marcia DeSanctis, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • Disney had anticipated that E-na’s atypical nature might be a jolt to audiences.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2025
  • In the face of backlash, Kennedy has highlighted Means’s atypical background as an asset rather than a disadvantage.
    Joseph Choi, The Hill, 16 June 2025

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“Unrepresentative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrepresentative. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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