Get to know Overrepresented better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Overrepresented in a sentence
Overrepresented meaning
simple past and past participle of overrepresent
Using Overrepresented
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of overrepresent
- In the example corpus, overrepresented often appears in combinations such as: overrepresented in, are overrepresented, overrepresented among.
Context around Overrepresented
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 13 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Overrepresented
- In this selection, "overrepresented" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, vastly, severely, slightly, relative and groups stand out and add context to how "overrepresented" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include also vastly overrepresented in cases and are severely overrepresented among judges. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "overrepresented" sits close to words such as aberrant, abloh and absurdities, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with overrepresented
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Women have been particularly overrepresented. (5 words)
Victoria crime statistics show that Sudanese immigrants are overrepresented in criminal arrests. (12 words)
It’s well known that people of color are vastly overrepresented in US prisons. (14 words)
Although reasons for account deletion vary, recent movement by Twitter to remove bots, cyborgs, and other violators of Twitter’s terms of service suggests that these violators may be overrepresented among the deleted accounts in our sample. (37 words)
Indigenous people continue to be overrepresented in the homeless population, with 32 per cent of the survey’s respondents identifying as Indigenous, while Indigenous people make up 3.8 per cent of Halifax’s total population. (36 words)
A recently-released Statistics Canada study of evicted tenants found that disabled people are overrepresented among recent evictees, and no-fault evictions are the most common reason for a tenancy to be terminated. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Black, Indigenous and communities of color are overrepresented in Medical Assistance and the numbers are even greater for children.
Indigenous people continue to be overrepresented in the homeless population, with 32 per cent of the survey’s respondents identifying as Indigenous, while Indigenous people make up 3.8 per cent of Halifax’s total population.
Prosecutors and corporate attorneys are severely overrepresented among judges generally, and the Court of Appeals is no exception.
The stakes to enforcement are high: The law also recognizes that Alaska Native people are overrepresented as domestic violence victims by 250%.
Though fewer Black and Hispanic children utilize the program than white children, people of color communities are overrepresented because they account for less of the United States population.
While Black Americans are slightly overrepresented in government, other minority groups—particularly Hispanics—are significantly underrepresented.
Women have been particularly overrepresented.
A recently-released Statistics Canada study of evicted tenants found that disabled people are overrepresented among recent evictees, and no-fault evictions are the most common reason for a tenancy to be terminated.
Around are people of color, who are overrepresented relative to their share of the total workforce.
Black people are also vastly overrepresented in cases in which police used force against civilians.
Black workers are overrepresented in all frontline industries except for Building Cleaning Services, where more than half of the workforce is Hispanic (50.4 percent).
Considering Calgary makes up about 30.6 per cent of the entire Alberta population, it is overrepresented when it comes to the novel coronavirus.
It’s well known that people of color are vastly overrepresented in US prisons.
Studies found people from racialized communities, asylum seekers and other recent immigrants are overrepresented in jobs deemed essential, risking their health for their livelihood.
The most overrepresented groups are men and women aged 15-44 and women aged 89 and over.
They also found that gene sets linked to iron were overrepresented in their analysis of all three measures of ageing.
Although reasons for account deletion vary, recent movement by Twitter to remove bots, cyborgs, and other violators of Twitter’s terms of service suggests that these violators may be overrepresented among the deleted accounts in our sample.
But at two-thirds of the force, white officers are overrepresented in comparison with the city’s population, while black officers, at 30 percent, are underrepresented.
Cyclist fatalities, too, are overrepresented, with cyclist fatalities increasing 10% in 2018 despite overall traffic fatalities decreasing.
Victoria crime statistics show that Sudanese immigrants are overrepresented in criminal arrests.
Common combinations with overrepresented
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- overrepresented in 13×
- are overrepresented 12×
- overrepresented among 4×
- be overrepresented 2×
- vastly overrepresented 2×
- were overrepresented 2×