underrepresented
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解説 Definition
underrepresented は「十分に代表されていない、数や比率が少なく扱われている」という意味です。人や集団が会議、職場、調査などで本来期待されるほど含まれていない場合に使います。
Included, present, or represented in smaller numbers or proportions than would be expected or considered appropriate. The term commonly describes demographic groups, regions, organizations, or categories that have insufficient participation or visibility in a sample, institution, event, or dataset.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
under-「不足して」＋ represent「代表する」＋ -ed と分解します。survey、conference、data で、ある集団の人数や比率が本来期待される水準より少ない状態を思い浮かべましょう。能力や価値を低く見る undervalued とは違い、underrepresented は「構成員・事例として十分に含まれていない」ことが核です。
Break underrepresented into under- (“too little”), represent, and -ed. The word describes a group that does not have enough members, participants, examples, or voices within a larger setting. Picture a survey, conference, workplace, or dataset in which one group occupies a noticeably smaller share than expected. This makes the common patterns underrepresented in the data and underrepresented at the conference easy to recall. Do not confuse it with undervalued: an underrepresented group is insufficiently present, whereas an undervalued person, asset, or contribution is judged to have less worth than it actually has.
例文
Young voters are underrepresented in this survey.
この調査では若い有権者が十分に代表されていません。
Several regions were underrepresented at the conference.
その会議ではいくつかの地域の参加が少ない状態でした。
The report notes that small businesses are underrepresented in the data.
その報告書は、データの中で小規模企業の割合が十分でないと指摘しています。
underrepresented の類義語・関連語
underrepresented の語源・成り立ち Etymology
接頭辞under-（不足）と、ラテン語repraesentareに由来するrepresent（表す）に-edを結合。文字通り「十分な割合で前に立っていない」状態を指し、本来より少数や低く扱われる意味です。関連語にrepresentativeがあります。
Underrepresented combines the English prefix under-, expressing insufficiency, with the past participle represented. Represent came through Old French from Latin repraesentare, meaning “to make present” or “to present.” The suffix -ed marks the resulting passive or descriptive state. The modern formation therefore refers to people or things that have been made present, counted, or represented to an insufficient degree within a larger whole.
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