UNREPRESENTATIVE Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

unrepresentative

adjective

Definition of unrepresentative

as in bizarre

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Recent Examples of unrepresentative The Literary Digest sample was huge but unrepresentative. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026 Although known for an unrepresentative workforce, tech companies embraced diversity initiatives, especially after the Black Lives Matter protests that followed the police killing of George Floyd in 2020. — Joseph Menn The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 21 Jan. 2026 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. — 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 See All Example Sentences for unrepresentative

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Adjective

After meeting with a young, female director, who offers him the chance to play a bizarre and deeply unsympathetic character in her debut feature, Niaz leaves the audition unconvinced (and pretty offended).

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2026
Barring anything bizarre unfolding in the next few weeks, Smack will almost certainly be the Packers’ Week 1 kicker in Minnesota.

— Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of bizarre

Adjective

Twenty-four hours after moving to London from New Zealand, Lavanda wanted to go out for a cocktail but felt strange going alone.

— Amen Galinato, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
There are a lot of on-the-road songs about travels through this strange, heartbreaking, and beautiful planet.

— Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of strange

Adjective

And Marni's prints, with the quaint charm of twenties wallpaper designs—or, this season, fifties-homemaker china patterns—have become instant collectibles.

— Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 16 Aug. 2026
Kopple’s Hamptons—even with its endless velvet ropes and parties and Jacuzzis—is positively quaint in comparison.

— Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of quaint

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

In another trial, researchers with the UC San Diego School of Medicine and Case Western Reserve University are also analyzing blood from 84 adult participants with HIV and abnormal levels of body fat buildup.

— Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
The vaccine targets abnormal proteins called neoantigens that appear on the surface of cancer cells.

— Aria Bendix, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of abnormal

Adjective

The robotics firm behind China’s famously backflipping humanoids leaped to a remarkable stock market debut Wednesday, with Unitree’s shares closing up 460% as investors rally behind homegrown beneficiaries of the AI boom.

— Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2026
Many of the drawings have been done on blue paper, and because the book has rarely been exposed to light, its colors remain remarkable.

— News Desk, Artforum, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of remarkable

Adjective

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
While eschewing any out-of-town tryouts in order to come directly to Broadway is atypical and potentially risky, perhaps producer Mike Bosner is particularly confident because of the A-list creative team behind the show.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of atypical

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