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Recent Examples of unrepresentative
When left- and right-wingers agree that the United States is unrepresentative, that represents a mandate for disruption—from Trump in 2024 to Mamdani in 2025.
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Will Johnson, Time, 1 Jan. 2026
Business within the neighboring countries and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region is also at stake, with regional leaders observing that an unrepresentative election process would detract from economic confidence in Myanmar and affect cross-border commercial ties.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 22 Dec. 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
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Will Johnson, Time, 1 Jan. 2026
Business within the neighboring countries and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region is also at stake, with regional leaders observing that an unrepresentative election process would detract from economic confidence in Myanmar and affect cross-border commercial ties.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 22 Dec. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrepresentative
Adjective
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That is pretty bizarre, given how fantastic both atmospheres have been throughout the playoffs.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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Rather than representing a bizarre evolutionary innovation unique to salamanders, regeneration may actually reflect an ancient trait that many vertebrates once possessed more broadly.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
Adjective
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The band played a rather strange/disturbing version of Happy Birthday, and Bilbo’s cake appeared before us.—
Gregg Kilday,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
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One monitor shows guitarist Jonny Greenwood manipulating a strange electronic device exuding tangled wires; another loops footage of a burning building.—
Jonathan Cohen,
SPIN,
12 May 2026
Adjective
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The collateral damage is that college sports have become a multibillion-dollar playground pickup game, where loyalty and stability are quaint concepts and the most important race, for many players and coaches, isn’t to win championships but to cash in as fast as possible.—
Chris Smith,
Vanity Fair,
11 May 2026
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Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina Across a drawbridge from the mainland, just a stone's throw from the college town of Wilmington, is a quaint Atlantic waterfront.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Apr. 2026
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Yet none have reported persistent, anomalous emissions from nearby Sun-like stars.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
3 May 2026
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Suspicious and anomalous transactions and inventories the state detects will prompt investigations, the bulletin stressed.—
Christopher Osher,
ProPublica,
14 Apr. 2026
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In recent decades, drugs that target these proteins on the surface of tumor cells have been able to slow abnormal growth and control breast, lung, pancreas, and colon cancers involving these genes.—
Alice Park,
Time,
12 May 2026
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Moments later, someone ran by with an AED defibrillator—the portable device helps detect an abnormal heartbeat and can deliver an electrical shock during sudden cardiac arrest.—
Asal Rezaei,
CBS News,
12 May 2026
Adjective
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Instead, text produced by large language models, however remarkable, sophisticated, and even occasionally wondrous, is derivative, average, predictable.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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What was remarkable about Newcastle was how one tug on the thread caused Nuno’s players to unravel.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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The decor with sheepskin rugs and arm lamps for reading lights is neither flashy nor overtly quirky, but simple and homey, as if it were designed by a tasteful Scandinavian grandmother who relocated to the wilds of Patagonia.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 May 2026
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Some are quirky and cute, some are minimal and clean, some lean into quiet luxury, and some are basically works of art.—
Erin Bunch,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
13 May 2026
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But despite Kennedy’s atypical leadership, several top officials at HHS have commanded respect from a broad swath of the establishment, including FDA Commissioner Makary.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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The situation is atypical, said Jeffrey Bellin, a law professor at Vanderbilt University and an expert in the rules of evidence.—
David Ingram,
NBC news,
13 May 2026
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“Unrepresentative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrepresentative. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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