Usually means: Excessive representation relative to population.
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  1. overrepresentation: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. overrepresentation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. overrepresentation: Wordnik
  4. overrepresentation: Wiktionary
  5. overrepresentation: Dictionary.com
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noun:  (uncountable) The condition of being overrepresented
noun:  (countable) An excessive representation

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