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overweight

noun
  1. An excess of weight.

  2. An overweight person.

  3. (investment) A security or class of securities in which one has a heavy concentration.

    "Apple common stock is one of our overweights."

verb
  1. To weigh down: to put too heavy a burden on.

  2. To place excessive weight or emphasis on; to overestimate the importance of.

Antonymsunderweight
adjective
  1. (of a person) Heavier than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.

  2. (of a vehicle) Weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce.

  3. (investment, followed by a noun or prepositional phrase indicating a security or type of security) Having a portfolio relatively heavily invested in.

    "Our portfolio is very overweight (in) Asian technology stocks."

Synonymsfat, morbidly obese, obese, overnourished

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