unrepresentative

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Recent Examples of unrepresentative So while not nearly as disastrous, there’s a precedent for a small sample size, like such, to be unrepresentative of a team’s final product. Noah White, Miami Herald, 18 Nov. 2025 Ferocious opposition Supporters of the president might pooh-pooh these results as unrepresentative. Jamelle Bouie, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025 Across his decades-long career, filmmaker Malik Hassan Sayeed has sat for only a handful of feature interviews, which is unrepresentative of both his unique ability to communicate and his openness to sharing stories from his life. Zac Ntim, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025 Undergraduate institutions have long promised America’s young people opportunities to learn in cloistered conditions that are deliberately curated, anachronistic, and unrepresentative of work and life outside the quad. Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unrepresentative
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrepresentative
Adjective
  • The band performed the song, sans Pat Smear who is recovering from a bizarre gardening accident that led to a broken foot, on The Graham Norton Show on Friday.
    Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2026
  • All three runners had reached base, and all were tagged out on one bizarre play.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • The backstory The island has been accumulating stories the way its volcanic soil accumulates roots, in layers, each one stranger than the last.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2026
  • These two worlds may seem like strange bedfellows—what does a luxury hotel in Switzerland’s Engadine valley have to do with the king of the 1980s downtown New York art scene?
    Laura May Todd, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Closer to the lobby is the quaint Minsheng district, a leafy and walkable grid of low-slung streets filled with mom-and-pop shops, neighborhood shrines, and increasingly, indie cafes and design studios.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Whether retiring adults are eyeing sunny Florida, quaint Midwest towns, or charming East Coast escapes, there are plenty of destinations across the United States that offer a mix of affordable living and top-notch quality of life.
    Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • The alliance is fundamentally anomalous.
    Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The difference between an input and its reconstruction therefore signals how anomalous that input is.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Other types included in the new report are heart failure, when the heart struggles to fill with and pump blood; atrial fibrillation, a type of abnormal heart rhythm; and stroke.
    Barbara Mantel, NBC news, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Chronic overconsumption and inactivity lead to excess body fat (especially in the abdominal region), resulting in insulin resistance, high blood pressure, abnormal cholesterol and early kidney dysfunction.
    Jia Shen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Some have decided that AI is either simply fake (this is not the experience of the software engineers now using it at remarkable scale), while others have substantive qualms about its impact on culture, politics, and labor that seem to be captured in support for local opposition to data centers.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Davidson is a remarkable ambassador for his disability, helping support others with Tourette’s syndrome through public speaking and other activism.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 22 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Jenner's quirky off-the-shoulder blazer came with padded hips and was paired with a matching mini skirt.
    Hannah Malach, InStyle, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The popular hangout is known for its friendly service, quirky decor, artsy Western style, and outdoor patio.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Oftentimes, these atypical acquiring editors grew their online book communities for several years before landing at Bindery.
    Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The PET scan uses a radioactive drug called a tracer to show both typical and atypical metabolic activity, according to the Mayo Clinic.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 18 Feb. 2026

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“Unrepresentative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrepresentative. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.

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