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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Circa 1533
First Known Use of top–heavy
circa 1533
TOP–HEAVY Defined for English Language Learners
top-heavy
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adjective
Definition of top–heavy for English Language Learners
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: likely to fall over because the top part is too large and heavy for the bottom part
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: having too many people whose job is to manage workers and not enough ordinary workers
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