overweight [adjective oh -ver-weyt ; noun oh -ver-weyt; verb oh-ver-weyt ]
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See more synonyms for overweight on Thesaurus.com weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.: overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight. Show More
extra or excess weight above what law or regulation allows, as of baggage or freight: The overweight will cost us $12. weight in excess of that considered normal, proper, healthful, etc.: Overweight in a child should not be neglected. greater effect or importance; preponderance. Show More
to weight excessively; exceed the weight limit of. to give too much consideration or emphasis to; stress unduly. Show More
Origin of overweight First recorded in
1545–55; over- +
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Related Words for overweight obese ,
corpulent ,
pudgy ,
heavy ,
gross ,
fat ,
stout ,
plump ,
outsize ,
ample ,
bulky ,
fleshy ,
hefty ,
huge ,
massive ,
portly ,
rotund ,
weighty ,
overfed ,
overstuffed Examples from the Web for overweight Contemporary Examples of overweight Especially in the U.S., where fast food restaurants are abundant and two-thirds of people are overweight or obese.
“The first version looked exactly like Rand, but he was about 50 pounds overweight ,” Stinnett laughed.
When students are overweight or obese, well-balanced meals are especially important.
According to the CDC, almost 70 percent of adults in the United States over 20 are overweight .
I think of my friend H, who recently got herself from 19 stone to 12 stone, having been overweight since childhood.
Historical Examples of overweight You overweight your boy going off and he will be handicapped out of the race, too.
Almost instantly the overweight one was behind him, seizing his arm.
We must not overweight the Bill, said the Prime Minister at length.
It looked tired as from the carrying of an overweight of suspicion.
They could as easily have charged you overweight as underweight.
British Dictionary definitions for overweight 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 Show More
extra or excess weight archaic greater importance or effect Show More
to give too much emphasis or consideration to to add too much weight to to weigh down Show More
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Word Origin and History for overweight adj. "in excess of proper or ordinary weight," 1630s, from over- + weight (n.). Of persons, as a noun, "obesity" from 1917.
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