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malapportionment

About 0.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Any system where one group has significantly more influence than another, such as when voting districts are unevenly spread out across a population (compare gerrymandering).

Similar words

gerrymandering misdistribution disproportion gerrymander gerrymanderism underrepresentation bjelkemander underdistribution maldistribution underallotment

Often followed by

of in and was is has cases that as

Word family

malapportioned malapportionments

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