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Comedy is still alive, and there are still funny people. Jews are still overrepresented in comedy and psychiatry and underrepresented in the priesthood. That immigrant Jewish humor is still with us.
Robert Klein

Meaning of "overrepresented" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERREPRESENTED

overrepresented  [ˌəʊvərɛprɪˈzɛntɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERREPRESENTED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overrepresented is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OVERREPRESENTED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overrepresented in the English dictionary

The definition of overrepresented in the dictionary is represented disproportionately or in too large a number.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERREPRESENTED


accented
ˈæksɛntɪd
augmented
ɔːɡˈmɛntɪd
contented
kənˈtɛntɪd
demented
dɪˈmɛntɪd
dented
ˈdɛntɪd
fragmented
fræɡˈmɛntɪd
hyperpigmented
ˌhaɪpəpɪɡˈmɛntɪd
lamented
ləˈmɛntɪd
precedented
ˈprɛsɪˌdɛntɪd
scented
ˈsɛntɪd
unaccented
ˌʌnækˈsɛntɪd
undocumented
ʌnˈdɒkjʊmɛntɪd
unfermented
ˌʌnfəˈmɛntɪd
unlamented
ˌʌnləˈmɛntɪd
unornamented
ʌnˈɔːnəˌmɛntɪd
unprecedented
ʌnˈprɛsɪˌdɛntɪd
unrepresented
ʌnrɛprɪˈzɛntɪd
unresented
ˌʌnrɪˈzɛntɪd
unscented
ʌnˈsɛntɪd
unvented
ʌnˈvɛntɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERREPRESENTED

overreach
overreacher
overreact
overreaction
overread
overreckon
overred
overrefine
overrefinement
overregulate
overregulation
overreliance
overreport
overrespond
overrich
overridden
override
overrider
overriding
overrife

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERREPRESENTED

accidented
discontented
disoriented
export-oriented
multitalented
object-oriented
patented
pigmented
printed
regimented
sweet-scented
talented
task-oriented
tented
tormented
underrepresented
unfrequented
unpatented
untalented
well-documented
well-represented

Synonyms and antonyms of overrepresented in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overrepresented» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERREPRESENTED

Find out the translation of overrepresented to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overrepresented from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overrepresented» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

魏斯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sobrerrepresentados
570 millions of speakers

English

overrepresented
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overrepresented
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تمثيل زائد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

чрезмерно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sobre-representados
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overrepresented
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

surreprésentés
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Overrepresented
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

überrepräsentiert
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

代表者の多過ぎる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부풀려
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overrepresented
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

overrepresented
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மிகையாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अधिक प्रतिनिधीत्व
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aşırı temsil
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sovrarappresentati
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nadreprezentacja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

надмірно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

supra-
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπερεκπροσωπούνται
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oorverteenwoordig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

överrepresenterade
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overrepresentert
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overrepresented

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERREPRESENTED»

The term «overrepresented» is regularly used and occupies the 72.233 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERREPRESENTED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overrepresented

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QUOTES WITH «OVERREPRESENTED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word overrepresented.
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Robert Klein
Comedy is still alive, and there are still funny people. Jews are still overrepresented in comedy and psychiatry and underrepresented in the priesthood. That immigrant Jewish humor is still with us.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERREPRESENTED»

Discover the use of overrepresented in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overrepresented and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Legislative Leviathan: Party Government in the House
Smith and Deeringc Agriculture South overrepresented South and Midwest overrepresented Banking East overrepresented District of Columbia Education and Labor East and West overrepresented; South underrepresented Foreign Affairs ...
Gary W. Cox, Mathew D. McCubbins, 2007
2
Genome Informatics 2009: Proceedings of the 9th Annual ...
We discovered 8 overrepresented motif pairs in the group TREG and 18 in the group FOXP3. In the next step the overrepresented motif pairs where filtered using a heuristic criterion to reduce the number of predictions. Only motif pairs with at ...
‎2010
3
United Nations targeted strategies could help boost U.S. ...
... Equitably Represented, and Overrepresented Countries for Selected Organizations (1998-2000) Factors Used by the U.N. Secretariat in Calculating Geographic Targets FAO Position-Weighting System U.N. Secretariat - Representation in ...
4
Skilled Workers' Solidarity: The American Experience in ...
Irish workers were overrepresented as laborers but generally underrepresented elsewhere. British workers were overrepresented in the more favorable occupations—building trades and metalworkers—and underrepresented in the others.
Antoine Joseph, 2000
5
Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders: Handbook of ...
An association with MS susceptibility was not identified in this study; however, the G49 allele of CTLA-4 was overrepresented in PPMS patients relative to controls ( OR1⁄43.45, p1⁄40.035). This allele was also overrepresented in PPMS relative ...
Douglas S. Goodin, 2014
6
Achievement And Addiction: A Guide To The Treatment Of ...
Anesthesiology and obstetrics/gynecology were the two specialties that were noticeably overrepresented (Goby, Bradley, & Bespalec, 1979) compared to the percentage of United States physicians in those specialties. The addiction program ...
Edgar P. Nace, 2013
7
Identification of General Risk-management Countermeasures ...
where most speeding accidents occur under "not slippery" conditions but are overrepresented substantially among those occurring on "surface slippery" conditions. While the CPIR file does not distinguish between "too fast for conditions" and ...
‎1981
8
Mathematics and Science Achievement of U. S. Fourth- and ...
Central city schools were underrepresented among participating schools by almost 4 percent and rural small-town schools were overrepresented by the same amount. Similarly, schools in the Central region were overrepresented by close to 5 ...
Patrick Gonzales, 2010
9
Research Into Practice 2/E: A Reader
Caribbean women are underrepresented as employers and managers, professional workers and 'own account' manual workers and overrepresented as intermediate non-manual workers and semi-skilled manual workers, compared to the ...
Abbott, Pamela, Sapsford, Roger, 1997
10
Reorganizing Popular Politics: Participation and the New ...
Bold text indicates a category in which popular-sector individuals are significantly overrepresented. *For the hypothesis that the representation ratio is equal to , p < .. each representation ratio in this and subsequent tables, a standard ...
Ruth Berins Collier, Samuel Handlin, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERREPRESENTED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overrepresented is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Ohio democracy requires better access to the ballot: Nina Turner …
There is no state, Ohio included, in which women are overrepresented in office, and only two — Vermont and Mississippi — in which people of ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
2
No need for more propofol for MRI sedation in ADHD
... indications for MRI varied significantly, with "Behavioral" and "Neurocutaneous" being significantly overrepresented in the ADHD group. «Medical Xpress, Jul 15»
3
Dog Is Bitten by Man
Self-evidently, the “semi-pros” are vastly overrepresented in this sample. On the other hand, this is a very well-informed sample: Unlike the ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
4
Everything you ever wanted to know about how Washington Post …
For each age group, if they're underrepresented or overrepresented, they get a weight of slightly higher than one or slightly lower than one. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
5
95% of Police Killings in 2015 Occurred in Neighborhoods With …
... that incomes below this number are overrepresented by four times compared to the income distribution in how often they are killed by police. «AlterNet, Jul 15»
6
Nicki, Taylor, and What We Talk About When We Talk About Diversity
But we don't account for the years and years that white persons, men in particular, were overrepresented in groups of all kinds. And we don't ... «Noisey, Jul 15»
7
Lincoln Animal Ambassadors awarded $3750 grant
“This grant allows us to include spay and neuter surgeries in our work toward helping the most overrepresented breeds in animal shelters,” said ... «Lincoln Journal Star, Jul 15»
8
Transformation happening too slowly - report
The report states that although to a reduced extent, Whites continue to be overrepresented relative to their EAP (economically active ... «The Citizen, Jul 15»
9
Most 2012 Minnesota ED visits were unnececessary
Researchers found Medicaid beneficiaries were overrepresented among ED data, making up 14 percent of the population but 40 percent of ED ... «FierceHealthcare, Jul 15»
10
LETTER: Confederate flag clearly a symbol of hatred
Whether it was the Marine Corps or U.S. Army, black men were overrepresented in combat units in Vietnam compared to the percentage of ... «Asbury Park Press, Jul 15»

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