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overweight
[ adjective oh-ver-weyt; noun oh-ver-weyt; verb oh-ver-weyt ]
adjective
- weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.:
overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.
noun
overweight
adjective
- weighing more than is usual, allowed, or healthy
- finance
- having a higher proportion of one's investments in a particular sector of the market than the size of that sector relative to the total market would suggest: portfolio managers are currently overweight in bonds
- (of a fund etc) invested disproportionately in this way
noun
- extra or excess weight
- archaic.greater importance or effect
verb
- to give too much emphasis or consideration to
- to add too much weight to
- to weigh down
Word History and Origins
Origin of overweight1
Example Sentences
Von Meyenn adds: "It's precisely because of this memory effect that it's so important to avoid being overweight in the first place. Because that's the simplest way to combat the yo-yo phenomenon."
“I was very overweight and had hip problems and blood pressure problems,” Katz says.
I wouldn’t want to go on if I was overweight or wearing spandex.
Behind the rosy figures, Kalundborg faces many challenges, from rundown schools and low incomes to many children being overweight.
“Sometimes they are underweight, some are overweight, and some are severely malnourished,” one doctor told the BBC.
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