overweight
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Synonyms & Antonyms for overweight
Synonyms: Adjective
blubbery, chubby, corpulent, fat, fleshy, full, gross, lardy, obese, plump, podgy [chiefly British], portly, pudgy, replete, roly-poly, rotund, round, tubby
Antonyms: Adjective
lean, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin
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He looked to be at least 20 pounds overweight. an overweight person who had difficulty running even a short distanceRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
Part of the problem, say researchers (from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston), is that being overweight has become the norm in many parts of the country. — Barbara Brody, Woman's Day, "Check the Mirror, Then Check the Scale," 8 Dec. 2010 The story takes place in the 1980s, when Evelyn (Bates), an overweight, unhappy housewife, befriends the elderly Ninny Threadgoode (Tandy), who tells her the story of two unlikely best friends living in 1930s Alabama. — Alexandra Gekas, Woman's Day, "12 Best Movies Based on Books," 2 Aug. 2010 She maybe smart, and an activist but for fat and overweight shouldn’t be glorified ! — Elizabeth Zwirz, Fox News, "Self magazine features plus-size model Tess Holliday on first digital cover," 1 July 2018 Some larger nations -- such as the United Kingdom and Germany -- did not partake in the study but have their own surveillance systems to track overweight and obesity prevalence in children. — Mark Lieber, CNN, "Childhood obesity is high in home of Mediterranean diet," 29 May 2018 Abbas, who is a heavy smoker and overweight, has a long history of health issues, ranging from heart trouble to a bout with prostate cancer a decade ago. — Ian Deitch, USA TODAY, "Reports: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas hospitalized with fever," 20 May 2018 Their 15-year-old daughter, Elsbeth, is overweight, soon to be bulimic, and infatuated with a bad-boy photographer. — Wendy Smith, BostonGlobe.com, "Post-Holocaust life follows an unsurprising American trajectory," 8 June 2018 Though shedding pounds for people who are overweight is often suggested, the researchers also found that even without weight loss, changing to a healthier diet helps stave off diabetes. — Len Canter, chicagotribune.com, "Using diet to stave off diabetes," 14 May 2018 But that defeat–to a tough, plodding, roughhousing opponent who came in overweight and utilized what could fairly be described as questionable tactics–only underscored the importance of Lomachenko’s footwork. — Greg Bishop, SI.com, "Vasiliy Lomachenko's Rise to Boxing's Upper Echelon Began in Dance Classes Growing Up in Ukraine," 9 May 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Consider the problem posed by the abundance of scales for assessing gaming disorders, many of which overweight the clinical relevance of time spent gaming. — Robbie Gonzalez, WIRED, "WHO Calls Gaming Disorder an Illness. Experts Say Not So Fast," 19 June 2018 The fact that American women are more likely to be overweight may also add to health care costs, says Dr. Jha. — Amanda Macmillan, Health.com, "Even Kate Middleton's Luxury Hospital Stay Costs Less Than a Typical Birth in America," 26 Apr. 2018 The poll, conducted by Glen Bolger of Public Opinion Strategies for a Tennessee business group and obtained by POLITICO, shows Bredesen up 47 to 45, despite a sample that was overweighted with Republicans. — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, "‘Ego-Driven, Tired Old Man’ Corker Considers Un-Retirement From Senate," 13 Feb. 2018 So if investment-grade corporate bonds have a high momentum score, the fund will overweight them relative to its benchmark, the Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Index, and vice versa if the score is low. — Gerrard Cowan, WSJ, "A Bond ETF for the Momentum-Hungry," 9 July 2017 The portfolio managers then eliminate the those with the worst emissions, de-emphasize the lesser performers and overweight the better ones. — Tim Gray, New York Times, "Funds That Can Put Your Investments on a Low-Carbon Diet," 13 Oct. 2017 But the U.S.C./LAT poll had terrible luck: The single most overweighted person in the survey was unrepresentative of his demographic group. — Nate Cohn, New York Times, "How One 19-Year-Old Illinois Man Is Distorting National Polling Averages," 12 Oct. 2016 Though Brazilian financial assets rebounded to end the week, the political chaos has slammed a number of mutual funds that overweight the region. — Luke Kawa, Bloomberg.com, "Five Things You Need to Know to Start Your Day," 21 May 2017 It was overweighted, the wheelbarrow, so everything kind of spilled everywhere. — Sophie Hirsh, Condé Nast Traveler, "Princess Diana Honored With New Kensington Palace Garden," 13 Apr. 2017Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Among 1,277 women who completed the survey, only half met national physical activity recommendations, 40% were overweight or obese and 18% reported consuming more than one drink a day. — Laura Landro, WSJ, "A New Push to Lower Your Risk for Breast Cancer," 3 Oct. 2018 Babies who nurse are also less likely to be overweight or obese as children. — Marie Mccullough, Philly.com, "Why breastfeeding is best, despite that Trump administration uproar," 9 July 2018 Most body transformation images show people who go from overweight or obese to thinner and fitter. — Blake Bakkila, Health.com, "Why This Fitness Influencer Is Totally Fine With Her Weight Gain," 19 Apr. 2018 While many are, there are also some people who aren't overweight at all. — Yerin Kim, Seventeen, "Here's How to Tell If You Have Binge Eating Disorder," 8 Feb. 2019 The opposite is true when the patient is overweight. — Carrie Dennett, The Seattle Times, "Anorexia knows no body type — and thinking otherwise can be a barrier to treatment," 20 Feb. 2019 The remaining expenditures, about $7,300, encompass miscellaneous items like overweight baggage fees, tips for drivers, concierges, and porters, and tickets to cultural sites. — Alexei Koseff, sacbee, "Paris, Japan, Mexico City, Brazil – legislative staff travel at taxpayer expense," 1 June 2018 And being overweight or obese just makes dealing with fertility even more difficult. — Sara Gaynes Levy, Glamour, "On Weight, Fertility, and What This Is Us Got Right—and Wrong," 2 Oct. 2018 More than 45 percent of children in the Lawrence school district were overweight or obese, according to a 2010 report by the state Department of Public Health, likely from unhealthy or unbalanced diets. — Marek Mazurek, BostonGlobe.com, "In Lawrence, bodegas now carry healthier options," 9 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'overweight.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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What It Is
Overweight refers to a given security which has been disproportionately allocated in an investment portfolio relative to a benchmark. It is the opposite of underweight.
How It Works
Investment portfolios are commonly built up and diversified according to a benchmark index. Any component of a given portfolio which outweighs the percentage suggested by the benchmark is described as overweight. For instance, if 50% of a portfolio is comprised of equity when the suggested equity allocation is only 35%, the equity component is considered overweight.
Overweight should not be confused with underweight, which describes a security or portfolio component which has been allocated at a lower percentage than the benchmark suggestion.
Why It Matters
Investors and fund managers will deliberately make certain portfolio components or securities overweight if they forecast disproportionate gains in the near future. If they are correct, the overweight component will help boost the overall performance of the portfolio.
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