bottom-heavyadj.

Brit.

/ˌbɒtəmˈhɛvi/, U.S.

/ˈbɑdəmˌhɛvi/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bottom n., heavy adj.¹

Etymology: < bottom n. + heavy adj.¹ Compare earlier top-heavy adj.

1. Heavier or larger at the bottom than the top. Also: having a disproportionate amount of material towards the bottom. Cf. top-heavy adj. 1a.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > inequality > [adjective] > unbalanced

tickle1515

instable1599

untrimmeda1732

unbalanced1733

uncounterbalanced1780

bottom-heavy1819

unstable1839

out of balance1920

off-kilter1985

1819 Maryland Gaz. 2 Dec. All things being ready..attempted to beat out of Vauxhall harbor, but owing to her being rather bottom heavy, put back, to shift ballast, alter time, &c.

1896 C. H. Cochrane Wonders Mod. Mechanism 307 George Focht devised an iron bucket so shaped that it was top-heavy when filled and bottom-heavy when empty.

1903 Inland Printer July 571/2 The first page of the Post is certainly not bottom-heavy... The placing of shortest items first is not to afford contrast, but to secure a neat effect.

1939 Times 5 May 15/4 Indoors, in a jar, they [sc. bluebells] are weak, cold, bottom-heavy, and a little vulgar.

1971 Times 16 Feb. 8/5 In his younger days they said he was too short, and ‘bottom heavy’. Now they talk about his neck, chest and thighs.

2005 Independent 21 Nov. 11/2 Just over 20 per cent of women were bottom-heavy ‘spoons’, or pear shapes, with hips two inches larger than busts or more.

2. figurative. Characterized by a disproportionately large number of people representing the lower end of a scale, range, or hierarchy. Cf. top-heavy adj. 4.

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society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [adjective] > other types of company

capitalless1837

merged1839

multinational1854

co-op1872

acquiring1880

syndicated1889

trustified1890

bottom-heavy1895

prospectusless1898

wholly-owned1906

semi-pro1908

not-for-profit1913

blue chip1924

mature1928

geared1930

liquid1930

footloose1939

monoline1958

boutique1968

greenfield1969

me-too1976

semi-professional1976

demerged1980

unbundled1980

multidomestic1982

unorganized1986

1895 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 11 Nov. 6/3 Municipalities are becoming topheavy [sic] and bottom heavy, corrupt and rotten, and they must totter and fall if a change is not wrought.

1940 Bath Weekly Chron. & Herald 16 Nov. 11/3 Just now the school is ‘bottom heavy’. The mass of entries has been to the junior and middle forms.

1992 Independent 21 Feb. 12/5 The researchers found ‘a bottom-heavy structure with men dominating the senior posts and women monopolising the large base of junior, administrative, clerical and secretarial grades’.

1995 L. Garrett Coming Plague (new ed.) x. 263 The entire planet bottom-heavy with people under twenty-five.

3. Of music: dominated by bass sounds or instrumentation.

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1927 Sunday Times 6 Mar. 7/3 The double basses are generally too plentiful at these concerts, and..they too often made the music sound bottom-heavy.

1973 Gramophone Sept. 556/2 The much-praised recording strikes me as being rather muddy and bottom-heavy.

2007 New Yorker 23 Apr. 12/3 The Washington, D.C., guitarist and singer Chuck Brown..is known as the godfather of go-go..that bottom-heavy funk sub-genre.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bottom-heavy
释义	bottom-heavyadj. Brit. /ˌbɒtəmˈhɛvi/, U.S. /ˈbɑdəmˌhɛvi/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bottom n., heavy adj.¹ Etymology: < bottom n. + heavy adj.¹ Compare earlier top-heavy adj. 1. Heavier or larger at the bottom than the top. Also: having a disproportionate amount of material towards the bottom. Cf. top-heavy adj. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > inequality > [adjective] > unbalanced tickle1515 instable1599 untrimmeda1732 unbalanced1733 uncounterbalanced1780 bottom-heavy1819 unstable1839 out of balance1920 off-kilter1985 1819 Maryland Gaz. 2 Dec. All things being ready..attempted to beat out of Vauxhall harbor, but owing to her being rather bottom heavy, put back, to shift ballast, alter time, &c. 1896 C. H. Cochrane Wonders Mod. Mechanism 307 George Focht devised an iron bucket so shaped that it was top-heavy when filled and bottom-heavy when empty. 1903 Inland Printer July 571/2 The first page of the Post is certainly not bottom-heavy... The placing of shortest items first is not to afford contrast, but to secure a neat effect. 1939 Times 5 May 15/4 Indoors, in a jar, they [sc. bluebells] are weak, cold, bottom-heavy, and a little vulgar. 1971 Times 16 Feb. 8/5 In his younger days they said he was too short, and ‘bottom heavy’. Now they talk about his neck, chest and thighs. 2005 Independent 21 Nov. 11/2 Just over 20 per cent of women were bottom-heavy ‘spoons’, or pear shapes, with hips two inches larger than busts or more. 2. figurative. Characterized by a disproportionately large number of people representing the lower end of a scale, range, or hierarchy. Cf. top-heavy adj. 4. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [adjective] > other types of company capitalless1837 merged1839 multinational1854 co-op1872 acquiring1880 syndicated1889 trustified1890 bottom-heavy1895 prospectusless1898 wholly-owned1906 semi-pro1908 not-for-profit1913 blue chip1924 mature1928 geared1930 liquid1930 footloose1939 monoline1958 boutique1968 greenfield1969 me-too1976 semi-professional1976 demerged1980 unbundled1980 multidomestic1982 unorganized1986 1895 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 11 Nov. 6/3 Municipalities are becoming topheavy [sic] and bottom heavy, corrupt and rotten, and they must totter and fall if a change is not wrought. 1940 Bath Weekly Chron. & Herald 16 Nov. 11/3 Just now the school is ‘bottom heavy’. The mass of entries has been to the junior and middle forms. 1992 Independent 21 Feb. 12/5 The researchers found ‘a bottom-heavy structure with men dominating the senior posts and women monopolising the large base of junior, administrative, clerical and secretarial grades’. 1995 L. Garrett Coming Plague (new ed.) x. 263 The entire planet bottom-heavy with people under twenty-five. 3. Of music: dominated by bass sounds or instrumentation. ΚΠ 1927 Sunday Times 6 Mar. 7/3 The double basses are generally too plentiful at these concerts, and..they too often made the music sound bottom-heavy. 1973 Gramophone Sept. 556/2 The much-praised recording strikes me as being rather muddy and bottom-heavy. 2007 New Yorker 23 Apr. 12/3 The Washington, D.C., guitarist and singer Chuck Brown..is known as the godfather of go-go..that bottom-heavy funk sub-genre. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1819
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