adj
Meaning 1
Having less than adequate or sufficient representation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: overrepresented
Standard Lemma guide
underrepresented
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Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 N D ER0 R EH2 P R IH0 Z EH1 N T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
simple past and past participle of underrepresent
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér 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.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: ondervertegenwoordigd — having little representation
- Finnish: aliedustettu — having little representation
- French: sous-représenté — having little representation
- German: unterrepräsentiert — having little representation
- Italian: sottorappresentato — having little representation
- Italian: poco rappresentato — having little representation
- Polish: niedoreprezentowany — having little representation
- Spanish: infrarrepresentado — having little representation
- Spanish: subrepresentado — having little representation
- Swedish: underrepresenterad — having little representation