Examples of 'overrepresented' in a sentence
Meaning of "overrepresented"
overrepresented (verb) - to be disproportionately represented in a particular group or category. In the context of English, this phrase is used when describing a situation where something or someone is overly present or common
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- simple past tense and past participle of overrepresent
- represented to an excessive degree, or in excessive numbers
How to use "overrepresented" in a sentence
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Immigrants are overrepresented among receivers of social assistance.
What we found was that some frames were overrepresented.
Male students are overrepresented in standdowns and suspensions.
Some provinces will always be overrepresented.
Young people were overrepresented in custody and detention.
Overrepresented in the criminal justice system.
Aboriginal women were also overrepresented in the prisons.
Women are overrepresented in sectors that are forced to fight.
Lower income households are overrepresented in this category.
Men are overrepresented in the technical sciences.
Indigenous youth are also overrepresented in our jails.
Men are overrepresented in the technical programs.
Children of persons born abroad are overrepresented in institutional care.
Men are overrepresented as both victims and perpetrators of violence.
I accept that we probably are overrepresented in some departments.
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An overrepresented minority is still a minority.
Some regions may be overrepresented in their sampling.
Exception reports are required to hire candidates from overrepresented countries.
The poor are overrepresented in the informal economy.
In many countries minority groups are overrepresented among prisoners.
They are also overrepresented in the informal work sector.
Five developed countries were overrepresented.
Both are heavily overrepresented in the prison population.
These are therefore slightly overrepresented.
Black people are overrepresented in the news as criminals.
It is actually fairly represented or overrepresented.
Aboriginal adults are overrepresented in admissions to correctional services.
Reachback clients are overrepresented.
Indigenous women are overrepresented in national criminal justice systems.
Larger establishments were therefore deliberately overrepresented in the net sample.
Maori students are overrepresented in standdowns and suspensions.
Unspayed female dogs were overrepresented.
Young men are overrepresented among early school leavers.
Women have better academic results and they are overrepresented in universities.
Young men are overrepresented in accident statistics.
We know that black and brown people are grossly overrepresented in prison.
Young women are overrepresented in this group.
Some large beer nations and neighbouring countries of course are overrepresented.
The young drivers are overrepresented in road accidents.
Construction and manufacturing are two cyclical industries in which men are overrepresented.
An initiative where overrepresented speakers pledge not.
Seniority is more common in white collar work where women are overrepresented.
Social exclusion are overrepresented among offenders.
It should be said objectively that one does not complain when one is overrepresented.
This is why they are overrepresented in the court system.
Trans people are disproportionately targeted by police violence and brutality and are overrepresented in prisons.
Or that men are overrepresented in crime statistics.
Younger people were underrepresented during the week and overrepresented at the weekend.
Women are overrepresented in this type of contracts.
No other ethnic demographic is more overrepresented among moviegoers.
