top-heavy
adjective
1
: having the top part too heavy for the lower part
2
: having too high a proportion of administrators
a top-heavy bureaucracy
3
: oversupplied with one element at the expense of others : lacking balance
a novel top-heavy with description
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Finally, while Gourde and Bjorkstrand have upgraded the depth, this is still a relatively top-heavy forward group.
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Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Talk about top-heavy — the 2025 Blue Grass is delightfully, luxuriously top-heavy.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
That bad drafting is why the roster was so top-heavy.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025
Like the Padres, the Diamondbacks appear top-heavy.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
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Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Talk about top-heavy — the 2025 Blue Grass is delightfully, luxuriously top-heavy.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
That bad drafting is why the roster was so top-heavy.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025
Like the Padres, the Diamondbacks appear top-heavy.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Top-heavy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/top-heavy. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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