unrepresentative

unrepresentative
[[t]ʌ̱nreprɪze̱ntətɪv[/t]]
ADJ-GRADED: oft ADJ of n
If you describe a group of people as unrepresentative, you mean that their views are not typical of the community or society to which they belong.

The President denounced the demonstrators as unrepresentative of the Romanian people.

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