overrepresent
To represent as being higher or greater than it is.
Verb
- To represent as being higher or greater than it is.
- Ms. LeCrone was the only woman, probably overrepresenting the general percentage of female ballet choreographers, but perhaps the most experienced of the group. - 2010 November 16, Roslyn Sulcas, “Young Ballet-Makers...
- “The Senate is so tough for Democrats because the Senate so overrepresents these sparsely populated rural states,” says Alan Abramowitz, an Emory University political scientist who has extensively studied the...
- Asian Americans are overrepresented in both elite universities like Harvard and also in community colleges. - 2022 November 3, Harmeet Kaur, “How Asian Americans fit into the affirmative action debate”, in CNN:
Origin
From over- + represent.