overrepresented
adjective
over·rep·re·sent·ed
ˈō-vər-ˌre-pri-ˈzen-təd 
ˈō-və-
: represented excessively
especially
: having representatives in a proportion higher than the average
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Vegas Golden Knights With 7 total selections, and 4 for Team Canada, the Vegas Golden Knights are the second-most overrepresented team in the 4 Nations Face-Off.
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Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Many of the Counting Crows’ most overrepresented nouns could be a wallpaper motif for a six-year-old boy’s bedroom.
—Leila Sales, SPIN, 8 Jan. 2024
But perhaps the point is that the meaning of discrimination varies with context, and that jurists view underrepresented minorities’ discrimination claims differently from overrepresented minorities’ discrimination claims.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
An overrepresented majority are Latino (35%), Black (26%) and Native American (12%).
—Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
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Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Many of the Counting Crows’ most overrepresented nouns could be a wallpaper motif for a six-year-old boy’s bedroom.
—Leila Sales, SPIN, 8 Jan. 2024
But perhaps the point is that the meaning of discrimination varies with context, and that jurists view underrepresented minorities’ discrimination claims differently from overrepresented minorities’ discrimination claims.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
An overrepresented majority are Latino (35%), Black (26%) and Native American (12%).
—Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
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“Overrepresented.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overrepresented. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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