underrepresented

comparative more underrepresented · superlative most underrepresented

1. Having less than adequate or sufficient representation.

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   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.

   2023 February 21, Jacqueline Howard, “Only 5.7% of US doctors are Black, and experts warn the shortage harms public health”, in CNN

   Antonyms: overrepresented

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of underrepresent