"underrepresent" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "under- + represent",
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  "etymology_text": "From under- + represent.",
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      "form": "underrepresents",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "underrepresenting",
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    {
      "form": "underrepresented",
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        "participle",
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    {
      "form": "underrepresented",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        "To represent something as being lower or smaller than is the case."
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          "represent",
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          "lower",
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          "smaller"
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        {
          "ref": "2011, Veronica Szostalo, \"Primary conflict\", West End Word, volume 40, number 4, February 23 – March 8, page 1",
          "text": "Kessler […] said that he decided to run for alderman because he felt that Triplett underrepresented the ward."
        }
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        "To give something insufficient or inadequate representation."
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          "insufficient",
          "insufficient"
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          "inadequate",
          "inadequate"
        ],
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          "representation",
          "representation"
        ]
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      "rhymes": "-ɛnt"
    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
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      "word": "under-represent"
    }
  ],
  "word": "underrepresent"
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  "etymology_text": "From under- + represent.",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "underrepresenting",
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        "participle",
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      "form": "underrepresented",
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        "past"
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "To represent something as being lower or smaller than is the case."
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          "represent"
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          "lower",
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        }
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        "To give something insufficient or inadequate representation."
      ],
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          "inadequate",
          "inadequate"
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