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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The Division 1 field is top-heavy with juggernaut teams like Norco, Murrieta Mesa, Fullerton and La Mirada.
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Tarek Fattal, Daily News, 9 May 2026
Granted, their offense is absurdly top-heavy — they’d be lost without Aaron Judge, Ben Rice and Cody Bellinger — and recent additions have been underwhelming (Ryan McMahon, Camilo Doval, Jake Bird, Randal Grichuk), but the results are there.
—Chad Jennings, New York Times, 6 May 2026
This season has that same kind of feel because of a top-heavy batting lineup and pitching rotation that has overshadowed the struggles of several starters in the order and starting pitchers Ruger Riojas and Luke Harrison.
—Kirk Bohls, Houston Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2026
Broadway, top-heavy with musical parodies and attention-grabbing revivals, is having a strange season by all accounts.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
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Tarek Fattal, Daily News, 9 May 2026
Granted, their offense is absurdly top-heavy — they’d be lost without Aaron Judge, Ben Rice and Cody Bellinger — and recent additions have been underwhelming (Ryan McMahon, Camilo Doval, Jake Bird, Randal Grichuk), but the results are there.
—Chad Jennings, New York Times, 6 May 2026
This season has that same kind of feel because of a top-heavy batting lineup and pitching rotation that has overshadowed the struggles of several starters in the order and starting pitchers Ruger Riojas and Luke Harrison.
—Kirk Bohls, Houston Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2026
Broadway, top-heavy with musical parodies and attention-grabbing revivals, is having a strange season by all accounts.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Top-heavy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/top-heavy. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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