Definition of "underrepresented" []

• Insufficiently or inadequately represented: the underrepresented minority groups, ignored by the government. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "And why Republicans would want to go uncounted and risk having their bright red states be underrepresented is beyond me …"
• "Therefore, I find it somewhat disingenuous when people start talking about how to encourage certain underrepresented groups enter graduate schools in sciences."
• "Note: Many scholars are beginning to change their lexicon of language to use the word underrepresented to denote this particular ideal."