noun
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An excess of weight.
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An overweight person.
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(investment) A security or class of securities in which one has a heavy concentration.
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Apple common stock is one of our overweights.
verb
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To weigh down: to put too heavy a burden on.
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To place excessive weight or emphasis on; to overestimate the importance of.
adjective
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(of a person) Heavier than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.
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(of a vehicle) Weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce.
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(investment, followed by a noun or prepositional phrase indicating a security or type of security) Having a portfolio relatively heavily invested in.
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Our portfolio is very overweight (in) Asian technology stocks.
Examples of overweight in a Sentence
His overweight partner was as quiet as a fawn at dawn.
He watched an overweight man open the trunk of his car and drag out a child-size bundle.
She wished she could share Katie's faith in her brother, but the only picture she could summons was a short, pale, overweight man with more brains for business than aptitude in mechanics.
I mean, he thought you were overweight, and you're clearly gorgeous, Ashley.
She was in her early thirties, overweight, dimpled, and dressed in a flowered shirt and slacks.
Ideally, we should try to prevent becoming overweight in the first place.
Somehow, considering Gladys, Effie or Claire seemed to stretch common sense more than an overweight bungee jumper.
Scottish children have shown an alarming propensity to grow overweight which can lead to serious diseases in later life.
One of the main contributors to overweight is the fact that people overeat.
The only customers were two paint-splattered workmen arguing baseball with the bartender, an overweight bald man in a wrinkled apron.
I wanted to create a heroine who was like me - slightly chaotic, overweight, shy, and always trying to please everyone.
One in five 9-year-olds and one in three 11-year olds and one in three 11-year olds is now seriously overweight.
This toolkit has been designed to provide a starting point for developing a local strategy to tackle overweight and obesity.
With more selection, it is easier to make it a way of life, and helps curb the temptation to totally revert back to eating habits that made you overweight in the first place.
As a young girl Michaels was overweight, but studying martial arts helped her overcome her weight issues and get healthy.
People who are overweight are at greater risk of heat sickness because they have a greater tendency to retain body heat.
This caricature by Rowlandson depicts a rather crafty looking purser, overweight from good living off the spoils of his dealings.
Men, even in the highest deciles, were less aware that they are overweight and few of them were trying to lose weight.
Although the treatment of weight problems is in the realm of psychological therapy, overweight people are not necessarily psychologically disturbed.
It is more common and troublesome in overweight people and people with deep skin folds.
The young male with ' primary ' gout is frequently overweight, a heavy beer drinker, with no family history of renal disease.
Hey Girls, I've just started kickboxing after being told that I was dangerously overweight.
Being overweight therefore places an increased loading bearing burden on the hip joints leading to premature osteoarthritis.
How being overweight has affected you... I used to be able to get away with wearing anything.
She has lost weight as when she came in she was grossly overweight by about 10 kg.
Top of Page Body mass Men are increasingly dangerously overweight.
If you never walk anywhere or are excessively overweight then these walks are probably not for you.
But the bodies of moderately overweight men appear to cushion the blow.
Not only large hearted and haunted by what I will not give away, but massively overweight.
For people in good health who are not severely overweight 5 the benefits in terms of improved appearance are usually greater than the disadvantages.
The message is clear - being overweight can seriously damage your health.
At that time, I was also a little bit overweight, at over 77kg (170 lbs ).
If you were overweight already, you'll need to eat a healthy diet without overdoing the sweets and other calorie filled foods.
Our visitors ask questions about their overweight cats.
Being overweight increases the chances for developing insulin resistance diabetes and kidney disease.
Overweight individuals can suffer from health complications including sleep apnea.
They are more common in people with diabetes and in people who are overweight.
So now I've come home a stone overweight.
For overweight and obese individuals, water induced thermogenesis may be a useful additional component to increase the energy expenditure.
Overweight was defined as a triceps skinfold thickness of more than 90 mm.
Never buy a dog that looks ill, or severely underweight or overweight.
The energy intake of reptiles should be reassessed if the animal is either underweight or overweight, and food intake should be adjusted accordingly.
There are so many overweight dogs that a fit, lean dog looks underweight.
Link to Rascal project Over the last 20-30 years the number of children either overweight or obese has dramatically increased.
If you were already overweight to begin with, you'll struggle even more to lose that weight.
Often people think a plump kitty is cute, but the reality is that an overweight cat is likely an unhealthy cat.
It is possible that being extremely overweight would prevent your pet from taking care of his own cleaning needs.
Also, if it is just a matter of his being too overweight, your vet can prescribe some diet food to help him lose weight as well as address any other health issues.
If your cat is older or overweight, you may want to consider providing her with a specialty formula specific to her health issues.
According to the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention, nearly 60 percent of American cats are overweight and obese.