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top-heavy
[ top-hev-ee ]
adjective
- having the top disproportionately heavy; liable to fall from too great weight above.
- relatively much heavier or larger above the center or waist than below:
a top-heavy wrestler.
- Finance.
- having a financial structure overburdened with securities that have priority in the payment of dividends.
top-heavy
adjective
- unstable or unbalanced through being overloaded at the top
- finance (of an enterprise or its capital structure) characterized by or containing too much debt capital in relation to revenue or profit so that too little is left over for dividend distributions; overcapitalized
- (of a business enterprise) having too many executives
Derived Forms
- ˌٴDZ-ˈ, adverb
- ˌٴDZ-ˈԱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ٴDZ-i· adverb
- ٴDZ-i·Ա noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of top-heavy1
Example Sentences
"I will take on the top-heavy management that is holding the NHS back and deliver the biggest and most meaningful NHS reform in decades," he said.
For the first time in modern history, the State Department is top-heavy with Latin America experts, starting with Rubio.
For long stretches this year, the Dodgers’ offense was glaringly top-heavy.
But at almost every juncture of his time in Anaheim, the club’s top-heavy roster, perennial injury problems and questionable spending decisions prevented that from happening.
Indeed, this might be the best path forward for the Dodgers to rectify their top-heavy roster problems.
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