as in plump
having an excess of body fat
an overweight person who had difficulty running even a short distance
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Recent Examples of overweight
Felix Salmon, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
If first-rung leaders are so critical to organizational success, why do companies overweight executive development?
—Dave Winsborough, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
The move reversed an August downgrade of Voya to equal weight from overweight on concerns about the longer-term profitability of Voya’s health solutions business.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
Similarly, while a net +17% of fund managers were overweight U.S. stocks last month, this month that figure fell to -23%, showing that most managers are now underweight the U.S. market.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
If first-rung leaders are so critical to organizational success, why do companies overweight executive development?
—Dave Winsborough, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
The analysis, released on World Obesity Day, utilized the 2021 Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study to estimate current and future overweight and obesity levels in 204 countries and territories.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
The move reversed an August downgrade of Voya to equal weight from overweight on concerns about the longer-term profitability of Voya’s health solutions business.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overweight
Adjective
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Ironically, her swollen face looks plump and round despite her partial buccal fat removal — a procedure that extracts the soft pads of tissue found inside the cheeks to create a slimmer face.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN,
22 Mar. 2025
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It’s packed with moisture-boosting ingredients that leave your skin feeling plump, dewy and ready to glow.—
Maria Correa,
Miami Herald,
3 Mar. 2025
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Insufficient sleep puts you at an elevated risk for a number of health conditions, including depression, anxiety, heart disease and obesity.—
Caroline C. Boyle,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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Being in debt is associated with other ailments, including back pain and obesity.—
Jeffrey Anvari-Clark,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Suet Suet is defined as rendered beef fat, and suet cakes are a mixture of suet, seeds, fruit, and other bird-friendly mix-in.—
Abby Fribush,
Southern Living,
27 Mar. 2025
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These include: The fat content of the ground beef: Ground beef that’s more pink is higher in fat than ground beef that’s red.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The share of obese Americans has grown from just 15% in 1980 to over 40% today.—
Lauren Green,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
25 Mar. 2025
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Hidalgo County came in first overall, with the highest percentage of obese adults (45%) and physically inactive adults.—
Angelica Stabile,
Fox News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Whimsy was also the domain of the Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, whose signature was a race of voluptuously bloated figures — denizens, from priests to bullfighters, of an almost cartoonish world that, to him, had to do not with corpulence but with the sensuality of human life.—
William McDonald,
New York Times,
28 Dec. 2023
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His thick musculature having bloated into unhealthy corpulence, Maradona was hospitalized in Buenos Aires in April 2004 with what doctors described as a weakened heart and acute breathing problems.—
Jeré Longman,
New York Times,
25 Nov. 2020
Adjective
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New Mexico Florida has overtaken Duke as No. 1 in offensive efficiency following both teams opening round games on Thursday.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Birmingham 3 Regional, second round Venue: Schollmaier Arena — Fort Worth, Texas Time: 6 p.m.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Overweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overweight. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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