Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underrepresented

/əndɚɹˌɛpɹɪzˈɛntɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.91 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-rep-re-sent-ed
IPA: /əndɚɹˌɛpɹɪzˈɛntɪd/

20

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having less than adequate or sufficient representation.

verb

simple past and past participle of underrepresent

Example Sentences

"Over more than four decades between 1978 and 2019, the proportion of medical school enrollees who identify as Black, Hispanic or members of other underrepresented groups has stayed “well below” the proportions that each group represented in the general US population, according to a 2021 report in The New England Journal of Medicine."

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 represented English underrepresented From under- + represented.

Inflected Forms

more underrepresented (comparative) most underrepresented (superlative)

Derived Forms

underrepresentedness

Antonyms

overrepresented

Rhymes With

presented represented prevented rented augmented scented cemented consented lamented resented demented vented

Questions

How do you pronounce underrepresented?: The recorded pronunciation is /əndɚɹˌɛpɹɪzˈɛntɪd/.
What does underrepresented mean?: Having less than adequate or sufficient representation.
Where does underrepresented 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 represented English underrepresented From under- + represented.

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