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Definition of top-heavy
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: having the top part too heavy for the lower part
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: having too high a proportion of administrators
a top-heavy bureaucracy
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: oversupplied with one element at the expense of others : lacking balance
a novel top-heavy with description
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“Top-heavy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/top-heavy. Accessed 26 Feb. 2021.
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top-heavy
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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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The first known use of top-heavy was circa 1533
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