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What does overrepresentation mean?

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Noun
  1. (uncountable) The condition of being overrepresented
  2. (countable) An excessive representation
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Perhaps an overrepresentation of marrieds and born-agains helps explain the abortion responses, which are on the anti-choice end of the current spectrum of polls.
The overrepresentation of Roma children within the administration of juvenile justice remains a serious concern.
There's an overrepresentation of persons with disabilities in this country on unemployment, and also without benefits.
Despite a lack of significance in individual microhabitats, there was a trend toward overrepresentation of large seeds in most microhabitats with woody cover.
The accessory gland protein-coding genes were isolated in such a way that favors overrepresentation of highly expressed genes.
The report also noted that there was an overrepresentation of business people and an under-representation of participants from other groups.

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