top-heavy

[ top-hev-ee ]

/ ˈtɒpˌhɛv i /

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adjective

having the top disproportionately heavy; liable to fall from too great weight above.

relatively much heavier or larger above the center or waist than below: a top-heavy wrestler.

Finance.

having a financial structure overburdened with securities that have priority in the payment of dividends.
overcapitalized.

Origin of top-heavy

First recorded in 1525–35; top¹ + heavy

OTHER WORDS FROM top-heavy

top-heav·i·ly, adverbtop-heav·i·ness, noun

Words nearby top-heavy

tophaceous, tophaceous gout, tophamper, top hat, top-hat scheme, top-heavy, Tophet, top-hole, tophus, topi, topiary

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Example sentences from the Web for top-heavy

The verse sprawls like the trees, dances like the dust; it is ragged like the thunder-cloud, it is top-heavy like the toadstool.
Robert Browning|G. K. Chesterton
Top-heavy with the lion, he slid several yards down a steep place and fell over a precipice.
Watched by Wild Animals|Enos A. Mills
And as for the Drive—it is merely a rim of top-heavy and expensive apartment houses.
The Personality of American Cities|Edward Hungerford
The added weight made her top-heavy and she began to ship water badly.
The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers|Francis Rolt-Wheeler

It was the ordinary tall, top-heavy mail of the first part of the nineteenth century.
Freaks on the Fells|R.M. Ballantyne

British Dictionary definitions for top-heavy

top-heavy

adjective

unstable or unbalanced through being overloaded at the top

finance (of an enterprise or its capital structure) characterized by or containing too much debt capital in relation to revenue or profit so that too little is left over for dividend distributions; overcapitalized

(of a business enterprise) having too many executives

Derived forms of top-heavy

top-heavily, adverbtop-heaviness, noun

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单词	top-heavy
释义	top-heavy [ top-hev-ee ] / ˈtɒpˌhɛv i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR top-heavy ON THESAURUS.COM adjective having the top disproportionately heavy; liable to fall from too great weight above. relatively much heavier or larger above the center or waist than below: a top-heavy wrestler. Finance. having a financial structure overburdened with securities that have priority in the payment of dividends. overcapitalized. Origin of top-heavy First recorded in 1525–35; top¹ + heavy OTHER WORDS FROM top-heavy top-heav·i·ly, adverbtop-heav·i·ness, noun Words nearby top-heavy tophaceous, tophaceous gout, tophamper, top hat, top-hat scheme, top-heavy, Tophet, top-hole, tophus, topi, topiary Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for top-heavy The verse sprawls like the trees, dances like the dust; it is ragged like the thunder-cloud, it is top-heavy like the toadstool. Robert Browning\|G. K. Chesterton Top-heavy with the lion, he slid several yards down a steep place and fell over a precipice. Watched by Wild Animals\|Enos A. Mills And as for the Drive—it is merely a rim of top-heavy and expensive apartment houses. The Personality of American Cities\|Edward Hungerford The added weight made her top-heavy and she began to ship water badly. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers\|Francis Rolt-Wheeler It was the ordinary tall, top-heavy mail of the first part of the nineteenth century. Freaks on the Fells\|R.M. Ballantyne British Dictionary definitions for top-heavy top-heavy adjective unstable or unbalanced through being overloaded at the top finance (of an enterprise or its capital structure) characterized by or containing too much debt capital in relation to revenue or profit so that too little is left over for dividend distributions; overcapitalized (of a business enterprise) having too many executives Derived forms of top-heavy top-heavily, adverbtop-heaviness, noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to top-heavy cumbersome, unbalanced, overloaded, bulky, lopsided, overweight, uneven, tottering
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top-heavy

adjective

Origin of top-heavy

OTHER WORDS FROM top-heavy

Words nearby top-heavy

Example sentences from the Web for top-heavy

British Dictionary definitions for top-heavy

adjective

Derived forms of top-heavy

Words related to top-heavy