unrepresentative

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Recent Examples of unrepresentative The majority of existing datasets are small, unrepresentative, or incomplete. Ulrich Boser, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024 Many lawmakers cast that race as unrepresentative of the trend, noting that Dingell spent months longer than Crockett locking down support. Andrew Solender, Axios, 21 Nov. 2024 And that panel, while unrepresentative of Black America, was perfectly representative of how almost all of the spokespeople in symbolic capitalist spaces are. Sean Illing, Vox, 9 Nov. 2024 Polling purists understandably object to such surveys as unrepresentative and unreliable. W. Joseph Campbell, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unrepresentative 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrepresentative
Adjective
  • Does that explain his bizarre excursion to allow Arnaut Danjuma to score?
    Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Archaeologists have uncovered a series of bizarre ancient burials in France.
    Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Fujifilm first introduced this strange form factor in 2018, which was subsequently launched as the Full HD Z5000 the following year – along with the Z8000.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Scientists have detected something strange in Earth’s magnetosphere, some 100,000 miles away from the ground.
    Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Judging by some of the bruising tackles on display, bragging rights still matter hugely, but tempers never threaten to boil over, which somehow feels fitting considering the rather quaint ‘Gentlemen — No Swearing Please’ sign hanging on the side of the dugouts.
    Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The days when people lived and died by the Social Register are quaint history.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • No broker in the world can sell a leaning tower at twenty-four hundred dollars per square foot, even if the lean is imperceptible to the naked eye, and even though the flaw is not so anomalous.
    Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Tracking Unusual Transactions Upgrading from Bitdefender Ultimate Security Plus to the Extended edition adds monitoring for anomalous transactions.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Crews from the city of Escondido found no abnormal readings indicating toxic fumes and air-quality monitoring did not indicate any health risks.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Drinking in excess is, in fact, linked to high blood pressure, abnormal heart rhythms, and sometimes even heart failure, according to American Heart Association researchers.
    Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • This quirky teaser promises humor while showcasing Bosch's innovative products in a way that's bound to grab attention.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
  • This included bobblehead characters with micro-expressions along with fungi-like environments and quirky creatures for the hallucinatory realm that the late David Lynch might’ve appreciated.
    Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Although its nose had been broken off, the statue of a man’s head still showed remarkable detail.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025
  • With an uncommon focus on white wine, Conde de los Andes’ extensive library of older vintages offers a rare glimpse into the remarkable potential of white Rioja.
    Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Somers has taken a bit of an atypical path on her way to becoming a professional fighter.
    Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
  • All the things that are not atypical of teenage girls.
    Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025

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“Unrepresentative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrepresentative. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.

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