Nonrepresentative

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nonrepresentative
       adj : not standing for something else [syn: {unsymbolic}] [ant: {representative}]