top-heavy

adjective

\ˈtäp-ˌhe-vē

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Definition of top-heavy

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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top-heavy

adjective

English Language Learners Definition of top-heavy

: likely to fall over because the top part is too large and heavy for the bottom part

: having too many people whose job is to manage workers and not enough ordinary workers

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