as in plump
having an excess of body fat
an overweight person who had difficulty running even a short distance
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Recent Examples of overweight
Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
May Reduce Blood Sugar Spikes Research suggests that consuming ACV for intervals of four and eight weeks can reduce fasting blood sugar levels in people who are overweight or obese.
—Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 1 Apr. 2025
Jim Cramer, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2025
Nearly two-thirds of active troops are now classified as overweight or obese.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
The participants were between 18 and 60 years old with a body mass index (BMI) of 27 to 46, which is considered overweight or obese by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
May Reduce Blood Sugar Spikes Research suggests that consuming ACV for intervals of four and eight weeks can reduce fasting blood sugar levels in people who are overweight or obese.
—Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
Club name Eaton was upgraded to a buy-equivalent overweight at KeyBanc following the power management company’s investor day.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2025
Nearly two-thirds of active troops are now classified as overweight or obese.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overweight
Adjective
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Each of the six shades are packed with vegan collagen, aloe, and seawater to keep skin juicy and plump.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
18 Apr. 2025
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The glosses are cruelty free and vegan, with a non-sticky formula and long-lasting, glossy finish that leaves lips looking hydrated and plump.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
16 Apr. 2025
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David Allison, the dean of the public-health school at Indiana University-Bloomington and an obesity researcher who, along with Peter Attia, has advised Rahal, frames it differently.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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There are seven late-stage studies on the pill, including five diabetes trials and two obesity studies.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The researchers also found that women who started menopause later had better lipid (fat) levels and fewer oxidative stress markers in their blood, which could explain this gap in heart health.—
Elizabeth Yuko,
Health,
19 Apr. 2025
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The thick print issues of the nineties, fat with ads for Patagonia and Land Rover, had become notably slimmer.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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And according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 40% of Americans are obese — and more than 10% have diabetes (most of whom have Type 2).—
Shannon Carroll,
Quartz,
17 Apr. 2025
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This summer, Ricks expects to sit through a few more meetings like this one, when his team will see results from studies testing the drug as a weight-loss treatment in people who are overweight or obese but don’t have diabetes.—
Alice Park,
Time,
17 Apr. 2025
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Whimsy was also the domain of the Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, whose signature was a race of voluptuously bloated figures — denizens, from priests to bullfighters, of an almost cartoonish world that, to him, had to do not with corpulence but with the sensuality of human life.—
William McDonald,
New York Times,
28 Dec. 2023
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His thick musculature having bloated into unhealthy corpulence, Maradona was hospitalized in Buenos Aires in April 2004 with what doctors described as a weakened heart and acute breathing problems.—
Jeré Longman,
New York Times,
25 Nov. 2020
Adjective
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Original price: $104 For a round, stylish frame, go with these Ottoto Bellona frames.—
Christopher Murray,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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The tournament’s round robin round begins on Dec. 26.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Overweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overweight. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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