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under-represent

verb

under-represent is a verb meaning “Alternative form of underrepresent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled U-N-D-E-R-R-E-P-R-E-S-E-N-T.

What does under-represent mean?

verb

  1. 1

    Alternative form of underrepresent.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce under-represent?

  • US

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-under-represent.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of under-represent

  • under-represents present, singular, he/she/it
  • under-representing participle, present
  • under-represented participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does under-represent come from?

From under- + represent.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).