How do you use Underrepresentation in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Underrepresentation in a sentence
Underrepresentation meaning
Insufficient or disproportionately low representation.
Using Underrepresentation
- The main meaning on this page is: Insufficient or disproportionately low representation.
- In the example corpus, underrepresentation often appears in combinations such as: underrepresentation of, the underrepresentation, underrepresentation in.
Context around Underrepresentation
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Underrepresentation
- In this selection, "underrepresentation" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, national, address, likely and may stand out and add context to how "underrepresentation" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about the underrepresentation of minority and address the underrepresentation of women. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "underrepresentation" sits close to words such as aapi, aarey and aberdare, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with underrepresentation
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
All southerners complained of underrepresentation in the national legislature. (9 words)
This can be directly attributed to underrepresentation in two ways. (10 words)
Honestly, the underrepresentation of women in politics is often exacerbated by internal divisions. (13 words)
This is the daily reality for more than 10% of women living with endometriosis (and that number is likely an underrepresentation), a disease where the lining of the uterus (the endometrium) travels to other parts of the body and wreaks havoc. (41 words)
And these prominent wins, all lining up in the same year, led to accusations of pandering—that this was a singular, token attempt at “apologizing” for underrepresentation, after which things could return to the status quo. (36 words)
Moreover, the figures in this analysis are likely an underrepresentation of the true numbers of homeless, with an estimated one in two people seeking help for homelessness in NSW unable to access at-capacity services. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
And these prominent wins, all lining up in the same year, led to accusations of pandering—that this was a singular, token attempt at “apologizing” for underrepresentation, after which things could return to the status quo.
That’s one of the two main reasons behind the national underrepresentation of women, says Jennifer Lawless.
The short form has traditionally proved more accessible for women filmmakers, and so, despite their underrepresentation in the catalog of mainstream feature film, women’s stories have been told over the past 40 years.
This is the daily reality for more than 10% of women living with endometriosis (and that number is likely an underrepresentation), a disease where the lining of the uterus (the endometrium) travels to other parts of the body and wreaks havoc.
This underrepresentation has perpetuated a sense of marginalization among the Okuns, hindering the collective progress of Kogi State.
Honestly, the underrepresentation of women in politics is often exacerbated by internal divisions.
In recent decades, American universities have expanded their diversity programs to address concerns about the underrepresentation of minority groups on campus.
Joshua Gana, the bill's proponent, argued that the proposed law would address the significant imbalance and underrepresentation of women in the National Assembly and state legislatures.
Moreover, the figures in this analysis are likely an underrepresentation of the true numbers of homeless, with an estimated one in two people seeking help for homelessness in NSW unable to access at-capacity services.
Susan Sly, founder and CEO of The Pause Technologies, says the underrepresentation of women remains a critical challenge that underscores a broader issue of gender equity in technology.
This can be directly attributed to underrepresentation in two ways.
Turning to gender equality,CySEC officer Elena Karkoti on Thursday highlighted the ongoing issue of underrepresentation of women on corporate boards and in leadership roles.
In my remarks today, I will start by summarising some of the underlying causes that contribute to the underrepresentation of female economists overall.
Scholar Strike Canada has supported calls to defund the police, remove campus police, address underrepresentation of Black and Indigenous faculty and actively recruit, mentor and retain Black, Indigenous and radicalized students.
The report admits that “underrepresentation of women and BME colleagues beyond pay band 7” is a major issue.
These rules are hoped to address the underrepresentation of women in the labour market, increase incentives for fathers to take up family-related leave and to foster gender equality and equal opportunities.
All southerners complained of underrepresentation in the national legislature.
Before that, each county was represented by one state senator, leading to underrepresentation in the state senate for more urbanized, populous counties.
First-past-the-post was re-adopted in Alberta by the dominant party for reasons of political advantage, in Manitoba a principal reason was the underrepresentation of Winnipeg in the provincial legislature.
This likely underrepresentation may also be attributable to a "societal tendency to dismiss the negative impact of sexual relationships between young boys and adult women".
Common combinations with underrepresentation
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- underrepresentation of 13×
- the underrepresentation 7×
- underrepresentation in 5×
- and underrepresentation 3×
- an underrepresentation 2×
- to underrepresentation 2×
- of underrepresentation 2×