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Definition of unrepresentative adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

unrepresentative

adjective

NAmE//ˌʌnrɛprɪˈzɛntət̮ɪv//

unrepresentative (of somebody/something)

not typical of a group of people or things and therefore not useful as a source of information about that group synonym untypical an unrepresentative sample This early novel is unrepresentative of her work as a whole. opposite representative

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