overweight
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
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weighing more than is usual, allowed, or healthy
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finance
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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
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(of a fund etc) invested disproportionately in this way
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noun
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extra or excess weight
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archaic greater importance or effect
verb
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to give too much emphasis or consideration to
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to add too much weight to
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to weigh down
Other Word Forms
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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overweightsimple
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overweightssimple
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have overweightedperfect
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has overweightedperfect
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am overweightingprogressive
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are overweightingprogressive
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is overweightingprogressive
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have been overweightingperfect progressive
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has been overweightingperfect progressive
Past
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overweightedsimple
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had overweightedperfect
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was overweightingprogressive
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were overweightingprogressive
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had been overweightingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of overweight
Example Sentences
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Stronger associations were also seen among participants who were more physically active and among those who were not overweight or obese.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
Public Health Minister Maree Todd noted that two out of three Scottish adults are overweight or obese, with those living in the poorest areas worst affected.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
It rates Volvo at overweight with a 360 Swedish kronor price target.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
According to the NHS, data from 2024 showed that 15% of children in the UK were obese, and 26% were overweight.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
About fifty feet away, some overweight middle-aged dudes with American accents were conversing loudly, complaining to each other about the heat.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
Instead, its biggest overweights are in defensive sectors that have also held up well during the recent sell off.
From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026
Yardeni said he’s instead recommending market-weighting those two combined sectors and rebalancing by adding overweights in S&P 500 financials and industrials.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 8, 2025
If she overweights these achievements, it may be because people are so disinclined to give her any credit.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 28, 2020
“My overweights change based on where I find good investments, and I see great stuff in tech now.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2017
It overweights the whole monument, introduces a discordant architectural motive, and is decorated by inferior sculpture.
From Donatello, by Lord Balcarres by David Lindsay, Earl of Crawford
Information technology and communication services, which we overweighted for a long time, moved back to market weight toward the end of last year.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
The market pullback offers an opportunity to rebalance portfolios, potentially trimming overweighted tech stocks and rotating into small- or mid-cap and value stocks.
From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025
Maybe they overweighted cost of living, climate and activities too much.
From Forbes ● Sep. 5, 2014
Then there is his character, a relentlessly lively presence in a team otherwise overweighted towards introspection.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2013
Since the canoe is as round-bottomed as the trunk from which it was carved, the least imbalance in weight distribution tips the canoe toward the overweighted side.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Overall, Miller is overweighting technology stocks in his portfolio, anticipating at least high-teens-percentage earnings growth in the next five to 10 years, but he is cognizant of risks in the sector.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Are investing algorithms flawed because they are likely overweighting historically atypical data?
From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026
"Some sovereign wealth funds are overweighting China," he said.
From Reuters ● Oct. 10, 2023
This is exactly what would be expected if hallucinations in psychosis depended on an overweighting of perceptual priors so that they overwhelmed sensory prediction errors, unmooring perceptual best guesses from their causes in the world.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 27, 2019
The front wheels are sinking faster, overweighting the harness.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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