Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underrepresentation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-rep-re-sen-ta-tion
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
7
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Insufficient or disproportionately low representation.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English representation English underrepresentation From under- + representation.

Usage

Inflected Forms

underrepresentations (plural) under-representation (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

underrepresent overrepresentation

Questions

What does underrepresentation mean?
Insufficient or disproportionately low representation.
Where does underrepresentation come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English representation English underrepresentation From under- + representation.

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