How to Use underrepresented in a Sentence

underrepresented

adjective
  • At least 30 percent of the film’s crew is from an underrepresented group.
    Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The club has become the largest in the US, responsible for helping 5,000 underrepresented youths learn to fly.
    Jaclyn Trop, Robb Report, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Wigneswaran said about 4,000 of Walmart’s stores are in underrepresented areas of the U.S.
    Bruce Japsen, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Of course, the Indigenous and the deaf community, both of them are very small and underrepresented.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The deepest bonebed layer dates to a time that’s underrepresented in the fossil record of the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
    Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2024
  • So go ahead, tell your friends and co-workers what that underrepresented name is (unless you were born without a middle name, and in that case, choose one of the many below).
    Laura Lane, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2022
  • What's more, getting rid of them could lift wages for underrepresented groups.
    Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2023
  • But from the beginning, the brothers have used the latitude of indie comics to tell stories underrepresented in those forms.
    Sam Thielman, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Part of this may be because Filipino foods are also underrepresented in the restaurant space.
    Ahmed Ali Akbar, Chicago Tribune, 16 Oct. 2024
  • But the majority of mammals are rodents and bats, which are underrepresented in these types of studies, per the paper.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Third base is the most underrepresented position in the Hall, just behind catcher, whose ranks added Maurer, the 21st Hall of Famer to spend his career mostly behind the plate.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 21 July 2024
  • King hopes the upcoming Black Lens Spotlight Night will open doors for other groups that are often underrepresented in film.
    Javacia Harris Bowser For The Birmingham Times, al, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Women have played a crucial and often underrepresented role in shaping and enriching the landscape of hip-hop.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The study found enrollment by underrepresented racial and ethnic groups fell more than a third by five years after the bans’ implementation.
    Chandelis Duster, CNN, 30 June 2023
  • Though all of the women want to ensure that there is room for underrepresented filmmakers to tell deeply personal stories, that can’t be the only types of movies that they are allowed to make, the panelists argued.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 20 May 2024
  • Women are underrepresented in Silicon Valley, so the pressures on those at the top are tremendous.
    The Week Staff, The Week, 25 Feb. 2023
  • While there has been some movement, Black investors are still underrepresented across the US and this is affecting how funding decisions get made.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The views of elderly and religious people, for example, are underrepresented, both in datasets and on the teams that create A.I. systems.
    Paul Bloom, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Good news: Boards are turning less to CEOs for director seats, a practice that has excluded women and those from underrepresented groups.
    Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2023
  • In 2022, the NFL began requiring each team to hire a woman or a coach who is part of an underrepresented racial or ethnic group as an offensive assistant.
    Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The space also serves as an art gallery with exhibitions from underrepresented artists.
    Roxana Becerril, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Those Vidette stories led Jackson to create a stand-alone media outlet for the underrepresented, Onyx Connect.
    Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Women make up the majority of the workforce in these industries, but are underrepresented in management roles for four of them.
    Jayme Fraser, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2023
  • India, the second most populous country in the world, has a grand total of zero restaurants in the Top 50, and Africa, perennially absent from the list, is underrepresented yet again.
    Adam Reiner, Bon Appétit, 22 July 2022
  • And of the 22 categories, 18 contain at least one nominee from an underrepresented group.
    Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2024
  • There are more opportunities for underrepresented demographic groups, though TV still has a long way to go in that area.
    Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Last year, capital seemed to flow more freely to underrepresented founders, with more than $4.3 billion invested.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Sadly, women are greatly underrepresented in trade employment, and account for just 7% of the field.
    Jared McCallister, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Federal contracts require that companies over a certain size set goals for subcontracting spending on businesses owned by underrepresented individuals.
    Lucinda Shen, Axios, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Beyond existing as a database of underrepresented scientists, Black in Neuro hosts regular workshops, seminars, and social events centered on research, wellness, and professional development.
    Celia Ford, Vox, 21 Nov. 2024

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