nonrepresentative

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nonrepresentative - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  nonrepresentative \nonrepresentative\ adj.
     1. Not standing for something else. Opposite of
        representative.
  
     Syn: unsymbolic.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. Not giving a true representation of the characteristics of
        a group; -- of a sample or subgroup of a group; as, the
        weather we had in the summer of 1996 gave a
        nonrepresentative view of our normal weather.
  
     Syn: biased, unrepresentative.
          [PJC]

nonrepresentative - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  nonrepresentative
      adj 1: not standing for something else [syn:
             nonrepresentative, unsymbolic] [ant:
             representative]