overweight

Having more body weight than is considered healthy or usual for your height.

• He is slightly overweight.
• Regular exercise can help overweight adults improve their health.
• She was overweight before she changed her eating habits.

Similar words: heavy

Opposites: underweight

Common phrases: slightly overweight, overweight adults, become overweight, overweight children

Weighing more than the amount allowed by law or safety rules.

• The truck was overweight.
• Overweight vehicles cannot cross this bridge.
• The driver was fined for carrying an overweight load.

Similar words: too heavy

Common phrases: an overweight truck, overweight vehicles, an overweight load

Having a larger share of your investments in something than the usual or chosen comparison share.

• Our fund is overweight in energy stocks.
• The portfolio was overweight in European shares.
• Are we still overweight in the banking sector?

How to use it: overweight in something (The fund is overweight in technology stocks.)

Opposites: underweight

Common phrases: overweight in stocks, an overweight position, overweight in technology

Weight above the amount that is needed, allowed, or considered healthy.

• The airline charges for baggage overweight.
• The report linked overweight to several health problems.
• Better loading reduced the vehicle's overweight by fifty kilograms.

Similar words: excess weight

Common phrases: baggage overweight, overweight charges, reduce overweight

An investment forming a larger share of a portfolio than the usual or chosen comparison share.

• Energy is our largest overweight.
• The fund reduced its overweight in bank shares.
• Technology stocks remain two of our main overweights.

How to use it: an overweight in something (The fund has an overweight in energy stocks.)

Opposites: underweight

Common phrases: a portfolio overweight, our largest overweight, a sector overweight

To put too much weight or too heavy a burden on someone or something.

• Do not overweight the boat.
• They overweighted the cart with stones.
• Too many duties can overweight a single worker.

How to use it: overweight something with something (They overweighted the cart with heavy boxes.)

Similar words: overload, weigh down

Common phrases: overweight a cart, overweight with something, overweight a boat