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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That’s just the dynamic of such a top-heavy federation.
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Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
Meet 26-year-old Milton Williams, a former Philadelphia Eagle, perhaps the biggest beneficiary of a defensive-line free agent class fairly light on top-heavy talent.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 23 May 2025
And yet through 13 games and two rounds, the Stars were as top-heavy as any team in the league.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Stylistically, the Knicks lean on their stars — top-heavy by design — while Indiana comes in waves.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 22 May 2025
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Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
Meet 26-year-old Milton Williams, a former Philadelphia Eagle, perhaps the biggest beneficiary of a defensive-line free agent class fairly light on top-heavy talent.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 23 May 2025
And yet through 13 games and two rounds, the Stars were as top-heavy as any team in the league.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Stylistically, the Knicks lean on their stars — top-heavy by design — while Indiana comes in waves.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 22 May 2025
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“Top-heavy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/top-heavy. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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