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underrep

underrep is the clipping of underrepresent.

Meaning of underrepresent

Verb

underrepresent (third-person singular simple present underrepresents, present participle underrepresenting, simple past and past participle underrepresented)

  1. To represent something as being lower or smaller than is the case.
  2. To give something insufficient or inadequate representation.
    • Kessler […] said that he decided to run for alderman because he felt that Triplett underrepresented the ward.2011, Veronica Szostalo, "Primary conflict", West End Word, volume 40, number 4, February 23 – March 8, page 1

Forms of underrep

third-person singular presentunderreps
present participleunderrepping
past participleunderrepped
pastunderrepped

Questions about underrep

What is underrep the clipping of?
Underrep is the clipping of underrepresent.

Words near underrep in the dictionary

  1. underrehearsed
  2. underrelax
  3. underrelaxation
  4. underrelaxations
  5. underreliance
  6. underrep
  7. underreplace
  8. underreplaced
  9. underreplacement
  10. underreplaces
  11. underreplacing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: underrep (page history and authors); underrepresent (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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