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
Angela Ryan Lee, Health, 26 July 2025
JPMorgan reiterates Carvana as overweight JPMorgan raised its price target on Carvana to $350 per share from $325.
—Michael Bloom, CNBC, 21 July 2025
Lauren O'Connor, Health, 28 July 2025
Risk factors can include blood clots, vein inflammation known as phlebitis or being overweight.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 18 July 2025
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Adjective
Overweight or obesity: Living with overweight or obesity raises your risk for heart disease and other health problems, such as type 2 diabetes, that may make atherosclerosis more likely.
—Angela Ryan Lee, Health, 26 July 2025
JPMorgan reiterates Carvana as overweight JPMorgan raised its price target on Carvana to $350 per share from $325.
—Michael Bloom, CNBC, 21 July 2025
Noun
However, factors such as activity level, being overweight, aging, and severe illness increase a person's needs.
—Lauren O'Connor, Health, 28 July 2025
Risk factors can include blood clots, vein inflammation known as phlebitis or being overweight.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 18 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overweight
Adjective
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The chili verde is soft and succulent and the plump chicken pairs well with any of the three salsas brought to the table.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Unlike the ones now rotting on Ian Chandler’s farm, these had a chance to be harvested by hand and are in their prime — plump and juicy and ready to eat.—
David Culver,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Negative health effects of obesity are well documented by scientists and heavily covered in the media.—
Laura Clawson,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Aug. 2025
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The prevalence of type 2 diabetes and obesity continues to increase in youth across the country, hence the need for improved intervention.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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With these measurements, an equation can determine the body fat percentage versus lean body mass.—
Patty Weasler,
Verywell Health,
5 Aug. 2025
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The department recommends cleaning and washing fish thoroughly in clean water, filleting the fish and removing all fat, skin and internal organs before cooking.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Usage rates are notably higher among individuals with chronic health conditions: 43 percent of adults with diabetes, 25 percent with heart disease, and 22 percent of those who have been diagnosed as overweight or obese in the past five years have taken one of these medication.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Aug. 2025
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For instance, many overweight and obese people find that their doctors default to focusing on their weight as the root of their illness rather than the demonstrated symptoms; an avatar has no idea what an individual looks like in a headset and won’t make snap judgements based on their appearance.—
Cortney Harding,
Forbes.com,
31 July 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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Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, a £25million signing from Chelsea, slots into the No 10 position vacated by Abdoulaye Doucoure, while Carlos Alcaraz edges out Dwight McNeil to be Everton’s square peg in a round hole on the right flank.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
15 Aug. 2025
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The Packers are giving Morgan — their first round draft pick in 2024 — every chance to win the job, though.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Overweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overweight. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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