top-heavy
adjective
1
: having the top part too heavy for the lower part
2
: having too high a proportion of administrators
a top-heavy bureaucracy
3
: oversupplied with one element at the expense of others : lacking balance
a novel top-heavy with description
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Broadway, top-heavy with musical parodies and attention-grabbing revivals, is having a strange season by all accounts.
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Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
Bell is a towering, top-heavy blocker who can engulf defenders with his initial movements and massive wingspan.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
The top-heavy nature of LaLiga means Atlético has reached the Champions League 13 straight years; currently, the team is among the final four in the European competition that will pay out $3 billion in prize money.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Some analysts have expressed concern over the AI industry's boom, indicating that its top-heavy presence in the stock market could mask a weaker underlying economy.
—Megan Sauer, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026
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Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
Bell is a towering, top-heavy blocker who can engulf defenders with his initial movements and massive wingspan.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
The top-heavy nature of LaLiga means Atlético has reached the Champions League 13 straight years; currently, the team is among the final four in the European competition that will pay out $3 billion in prize money.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Some analysts have expressed concern over the AI industry's boom, indicating that its top-heavy presence in the stock market could mask a weaker underlying economy.
—Megan Sauer, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026
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“Top-heavy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/top-heavy. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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