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单词 malapportioned
释义

malapportioned

adjective

mal·​ap·​por·​tioned ˌma-lə-ˈpȯr-shənd How to pronounce malapportioned (audio)
: characterized by an inequitable or unsuitable apportioning of representatives to a legislative body
malapportionment
ˌma-lə-ˈpȯr-shən-mənt How to pronounce malapportioned (audio)
noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Instead, serious political reform — including the Democrats’ stalled voting rights bill — depends on changing the extra-constitutional yet entrenched Senate filibuster in the most malapportioned upper house in the developed world. Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above

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