OVERWEIGHT Definition & Meaning

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overweight

[ adjective oh-ver-weyt; noun oh-ver-weyt; verb oh-ver-weyt ]

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adjective

weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.:
overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.

noun

extra or excess weight above what law or regulation allows, as of baggage or freight:
The overweight will cost us $12.
weight in excess of that considered normal, proper, healthful, etc.:
Overweight in a child should not be neglected.
greater effect or importance; preponderance.

verb (used with object)

to weight excessively; exceed the weight limit of.
to give too much consideration or emphasis to; stress unduly.

overweight

adjective

weighing more than is usual, allowed, or healthy
finance
1. having a higher proportion of one's investments in a particular sector of the market than the size of that sector relative to the total market would suggest: portfolio managers are currently overweight in bonds
2. (of a fund etc) invested disproportionately in this way

noun

extra or excess weight
archaic.
greater importance or effect

verb

to give too much emphasis or consideration to
to add too much weight to
to weigh down

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of overweight¹

First recorded in 1545–55; over- + weight

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The same day as Lutnick’s appearance on Fox, a Cantor Fitzgerald securities analyst upgraded Tesla shares to “overweight.”

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The actor is himself very overweight, and told the court he had difficulty walking more than a short distance.

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One of the kids killed in the book — described as an overweight, intellectual and talkative boy with asthma — is given no name other than what his cruel classmates refer to him as, "Piggy."

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The UK's advertising watchdog says it has banned ads using models who appear unhealthily underweight rather than overweight due to society's aspiration towards thinness.

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“It’s about changing the mind-set and lifestyle of overweight people, many of whom have never exercised before,” Durak says.

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