overrepresented
adjective
over·rep·re·sent·ed
ˈō-vər-ˌre-pri-ˈzen-təd 
ˈō-və-
: represented excessively
especially
: having representatives in a proportion higher than the average
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Many of the Counting Crows’ most overrepresented nouns could be a wallpaper motif for a six-year-old boy’s bedroom.
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Leila Sales, SPIN, 8 Jan. 2024
But perhaps the point is that the meaning of discrimination varies with context, and that jurists view underrepresented minorities’ discrimination claims differently from overrepresented minorities’ discrimination claims.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
An overrepresented majority are Latino (35%), Black (26%) and Native American (12%).
—Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
To be sure, some imbalance is inevitable: Because the objective is descriptive representation of the entire population, volunteers who belong to groups that are underrepresented in the pool are more likely to be selected than those in overrepresented groups.
—Ariel Procaccia, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2022
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Leila Sales, SPIN, 8 Jan. 2024
But perhaps the point is that the meaning of discrimination varies with context, and that jurists view underrepresented minorities’ discrimination claims differently from overrepresented minorities’ discrimination claims.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
An overrepresented majority are Latino (35%), Black (26%) and Native American (12%).
—Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
To be sure, some imbalance is inevitable: Because the objective is descriptive representation of the entire population, volunteers who belong to groups that are underrepresented in the pool are more likely to be selected than those in overrepresented groups.
—Ariel Procaccia, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2022
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“Overrepresented.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overrepresented. Accessed 16 Dec. 2024.
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