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unrepresented

British  
/ ʌnrɛprɪˈzɛntɪd /

adjective

    1. not having representation

    2. ( as collective noun; preceded by the )

      we intend to represent the unrepresented

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The court receives thousands of such petitions each year and turns down most of them, including many filed by unrepresented prisoners challenging their convictions.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

Over 70% of those who received removal orders nationwide in May were unrepresented.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

Some counties are actually suing the state over that reality, and experts say it’s only a matter of time before an unrepresented defendant also sues, alleging their rights have been violated.

From Seattle Times Feb. 25, 2024

The most successful of those groups, however, devised a strategy where they latched onto a pertinent issue or roused a group who felt unrepresented by the major parties.

From Salon Feb. 4, 2024

After all,with Washington as president, Jefferson as secretary of state, Edmund Randolph as attorney general—he might have added Madison as dominant presence in the Congress—Virginia's interests were hardly unrepresented in the capital.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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