overrepresentative

adjective

Excessively representative.

“The survey respondents were overrepresentative of the middle and upper classes.”

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Meanings

adjectiveoverrepresentative (comparative more overrepresentative, superlative most overrepresentative)

comparative more overrepresentative · superlative most overrepresentative

  1. Excessively representative.

    The survey respondents were overrepresentative of the middle and upper classes.

Origin

over- + representative

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APA

overrepresentative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overrepresentative

MLA

“overrepresentative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overrepresentative. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overrepresentative,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overrepresentative.

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