under-representation
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
8
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "The factors behind this disturbing industry figure are not fully understood, but they are believed to include employees' increased exposure to the stress of traumatic incidents, and the under-representation of women in the workforce (suicide is the single biggest killer of men aged under 45 in the UK)."
Etymology
From under- + representation.