overweight
Having a higher weight, especially body fat, than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.
Example
“Before her diet, Jane was noticeably overweight, but she shed five kilos in the next two months.”
Other meanings
Weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce.
Having a portfolio relatively heavily invested in.
“Our portfolio is very overweight (in) Asian technology stocks.”
Related words
- overweightness
- overweight spaceship
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “overweight” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.