Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Represented in excessive or disproportionately large numbers.
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- adjective
represented to an excessive degree, or in excessive numbers
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Examples
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While it is possible that school choice may sometimes be underrepresented as a topic on public radio, or that teacher unions are overrepresented, that is not what the article was getting at.
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Or was his quote "overrepresented" by the right wing media? '
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Finally, researchers examined the NPY genotypes of people with major depressive disorders and found that, compared to a control group, people with low NPY were "overrepresented" in the group with depression.
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Finally, researchers examined the NPY genotypes of people with major depressive disorders and found that, compared to a control group, people with low NPY were "overrepresented" in the group with depression.
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If one were to play the quota game, then one might easily argue that Latinos were "overrepresented" in the federal judiciary, since the very numbers that Sotomayor complained about equate to 6. 8% of federal appellate judges (double the percentage of Latino lawyers) and 5. 1% of district judges (half again higher than the percentage of Latino lawyers).
Bench Memos on National Review Online benchmemos@nationalreview.com 2009
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Just one generation after the canals were dug, Irish were proportionally underrepresented in the lowest-paying occupations and overrepresented not only in police and fire departments but also in teaching, clerking, bookkeeping, and other white-collar jobs.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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Frankly, it is quite impossible that Protestants, or whites, or Protestant whites, would be allowed to be overrepresented to the extent that Jews are — which would mean a Court that was 100% white and Protestant.
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Generally speaking, Jews are heavily overrepresented in the law geek set.
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Sickle cell anemia is overrepresented among the AA population here.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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Sickle cell anemia is overrepresented among the AA population here.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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