unrepresentative

/ˌʌnˌreprɪˈzentətɪv/ (bre, ipa) · [ənrˌɛprɪzˈɛntətɪv] /ˌʌnˌreprɪˈzentətɪv/ (ame, ipa) · [ənrˌɛprɪzˈɛntətɪv] /ˌən-ˌre-pri-ˈzen-tə-tiv How to pronounce unrepresentative (audio)/ (ame, mw)

unrepresentativepositive
more unrepresentativecomparative
most unrepresentativesuperlative

1.形容詞B2

釋義

無代表性

不能代表整體情況的

When a group, sample, or example is unrepresentative, it does not reflect the usual range of qualities present in the larger whole it belongs to, and may therefore give a misleading impression.

例句

Dahlia felt the tour of two offices gave an unrepresentative picture of the company.

Dahlia 覺得只參觀兩間辦公室，無法代表整個公司的樣貌。

unrepresentative + picture + of + [noun phrase] — typical collocation pattern

The newspaper's data, from just one city, was unrepresentative of the country, as critics noted.

該報紙的數據只來自一個城市，正如幾位評論家指出，無法代表全國的情況。

同義詞

atypical
a more neutral, factual term that simply states something is not usual, without the judgement that the mismatch is misleading
uncharacteristic
focuses on deviation from a single person or thing's normal pattern, rather than from a larger group's overall qualities
anomalous
more technical or academic, suggesting a statistical or scientific abnormality that stands out from the expected pattern

反義詞

representative
the direct opposite; describes something that does show the typical qualities of the larger group
typical
simpler and more everyday; describes something that matches the usual pattern of a group or situation

文法句型

unrepresentative + of + [noun phrase]

用法筆記

Commonly modifies nouns such as 'sample', 'data', 'survey', 'picture', or 'group' to indicate the item does not reflect the full variety of the larger whole. Almost always followed by the preposition 'of'.

常見錯誤

❌The survey results are unrepresentative to the population.

✅The survey results are unrepresentative of the population.

💡'Unrepresentative' takes the preposition 'of', not 'to'.

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