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overrepresented

adj · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Represented to an excessive degree, or in excessive numbers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: underrepresented

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of overrepresent

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English represented English overrepresented From over- + represented.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: sobrerepresentat — represented to an excessive degree
  • Finnish: yliedustettu — represented to an excessive degree
  • French: surreprésenté — represented to an excessive degree
  • Galician: sobrerrepresentado — represented to an excessive degree
  • German: überrepräsentiert — represented to an excessive degree
  • Italian: sovrarappresentato — represented to an excessive degree
  • Polish: nadreprezentowany — represented to an excessive degree
  • Portuguese: sobrerrepresentado — represented to an excessive degree
  • Spanish: sobrerrepresentado — represented to an excessive degree
  • Swedish: överrepresenterad — represented to an excessive degree