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adjective

ˌō-vər-ˈwāt How to pronounce overweight (audio)
Definition of overweightnext
as in plump
having an excess of body fat an overweight person who had difficulty running even a short distance

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overweight

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noun

as in obesity

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Recent Examples of overweight
Adjective
This matters in a state where 69% of adults are living with obesity or are overweight. — Disha Narang, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026 The investment bank initiated coverage of the sports data and technology stock with an overweight rating. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
In addition to being arbitrary, reductionist, and biased, classifying individuals as obese or overweight based on a single number ignores many complexities about body fat. — Literary Hub, 17 Aug. 2026 Despite continued trimming of Bank of America (BAC) and other financial companies in the quarter, the sector remains the portfolio’s most significant overweight at almost 35% of assets. — Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for overweight
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overweight
  1. plump
  2. obesity
  3. fat
  4. fatness
  5. obese
  6. corpulence
  7. round
Adjective
  • The brothel is huge and painted black, like a plump beetle luxuriating in the sun, and the opulence of its internal decoration is matched by Kate herself.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Wagyu beef and lamb koobideh are formed into bite-size, plump spheres doused in a sweet tomato and sumac glaze.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of plump
Noun
  • Four in 10 American kids will become adults hampered by obesity, chronic illness, anxiety, depression, or other conditions that can limit their opportunities and shorten their lives.
    — Stanley McChrystal, STAT, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The trial, called TRIUMPH-2, took place over the course of 80 weeks and included 1,152 people with obesity and type 2 diabetes.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of obesity
Adjective
  • The role required Cruise to transform with prosthetics (including a fat suit and thinning white hair) and a put-on Southern accent, but, mostly, the absurdist satire demanded his full acting range.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Four add-ons—acupuncture, intralipid infusion (fat injections intended to regulate the immune system) and platelet-rich-plasma (PRP), or blood injections, in the uterus and ovaries—had either mixed evidence or low quality data backing them up.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of fat
Noun
  • The phrase assumes that fatness belongs firmly in the past, yet the very need for such a term suggests otherwise.
    — Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • Because this isn't a book about fatness, despite the central plotline.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
Definition of fatness
Adjective
  • Or rather, an emotional problem that was managed through food and, consequently, a sense of the violence directed at obese bodies and all that this entails in various spheres.
    — Roberto Prieto, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026
  • In 2024, Wegovy secured FDA approval to lower the risk of cardiovascular events such as heart attack and stroke in overweight or obese adults without diabetes.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of obese
Noun
  • The annual celebration of ursine corpulence known as Fat Bear Week has officially begun.
    — Hannah Sampson, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2026
  • For the next fifty years, insurance companies, not doctors, were the chief arbiters of corpulence.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of corpulence
Adjective
  • Mid-round, golfers head to the Halfway House for burger dogs and fish tacos, and the Links Margarita has apparently achieved something close to cult status among regulars.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Middleton paired her blazer with muted pieces in cocoa — a set of trousers and a round neck jumper by British contemporary designer brand Joseph.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of round

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