Sentence examples for underrepresentation from inspiring English sources

There isn't a single reason for female underrepresentation at business schools, says Judy Olian, dean of UCLA Anderson, who hosted a meeting of female deans in February on improving female representation.

But this is a wild underrepresentation.

From a political rather than a legal perspective, malapportionment is usually considered "undemocratic" because it results in the overrepresentation or underrepresentation of certain sectors of the population and, consequently, may eventuate in public policies not acceptable to the majority of the electorate.

More recently, the migration of people from cities to the suburbs has led to possible underrepresentation of suburban populations as against urban ones.

It is widely accepted that the Council should be enlarged from 15 to 20 25 members, in part to correct a perceived underrepresentation of less-developed countries.

Even the BBC's discussion itself highlighted how prevalent the problem of underrepresentation truly is.

This should address unequal pay, and must also consider action to increase the value of low-paid work, encourage businesses to utilise flexible working practices and include measures to tackle the underrepresentation of women in male-dominated, and better paid, industries such as science and technology," she said.

It's concerning not only because women are missing out on a dynamic industry, but because the UK economy will suffer if the underrepresentation of women in technology continues, she says.

Most worryingly, underrepresentation now could be made permanent because the new boundaries for parliamentary constituencies will be decided on the electoral register as it stands on 1 December 2015.

But groups, including the Electoral Reform Society and Hope Not Hate, have warned that the way the change is being made could lead to underrepresentation in poorer areas.

Journalists have noted and sociologists have investigated the overrepresentation of African Americans in some sports (basketball, boxing, track) and their underrepresentation in others (polo, swimming, yachting).