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What does underrepresent mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word underrepresent? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To represent something as being lower or smaller than is the case.
  2. To give something insufficient or inadequate representation.
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In this case, they underrepresent their ratings to win trophies.
Horn cautioned that, as a homeless advocate, he's concerned that the count could underrepresent the number of county homeless residents.
This makes it imperative to consider why jury selection in the George Zimmerman trial, like jury selection in so many counties in the United States, continues to underrepresent African-Americans.
The diameter of each circle is a function of the logarithm of the number of infected machines, so large circles visually underrepresent the number of infected cases in order to minimize overlap with adjacent locations.
However, these statistics underrepresent the extent of HIV prevalence, since they only include prisoners whose HIV status is known.
Care should be exercised to avoid taking heights on oddly placed bolt ends that would over-represent or underrepresent pile height.

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