underrepresented en · ADJ · etymology 1
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English represented English underrepresented From under- + represented.
Meanings
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Having less than adequate or sufficient representation.
Over more than four decades between 1978 and 2019, the proportion of medical school enrollees who identify as Black, Hispanic or members of other underrepresented groups has stayed “well below” the proportions that each group represented in the general US population, according to a 2021 report in The New England Journal of Medicine.
2023 February 21, Jacqueline Howard, “Only 5.7% of US doctors are Black, and experts warn the shortage harms public health”, in CNN:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most underrepresented | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more underrepresented | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
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Translations (10)
fi aliedustettu (having little representation) · it sottorappresentato (having little representation) · fr sous-représenté (having little representation) · nl ondervertegenwoordigd (having little representation) · es subrepresentado (having little representation) · pl niedoreprezentowany (having little representation) · es infrarrepresentado (having little representation) · it poco rappresentato (having little representation) · de unterrepräsentiert (having little representation) · sv underrepresenterad (having little representation)