nonrepresentative

Definitions

Not typical or characteristic of the group or class to which an individual or item belongs.

Failing to provide an accurate or proportional reflection of a larger population or set.

Examples

The survey results were considered nonrepresentative because they only included responses from a single demographic.

A small sample size often leads to nonrepresentative data that fails to reflect the true opinions of the entire population.

Synonyms

unrepresentative atypical untypical biased skewed unbalanced uncommon

Antonyms

representative typical standard representative of the whole balanced unbiased characteristic