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