Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Weighing more than is normal, necessary, or allowed, especially having more body weight than is considered normal or healthy for one's age or build.
- n. More weight than is normal, necessary, or allowed.
- n. Greater weight or importance; preponderance.
- v. To weigh down too heavily; overload.
- v. To give too much emphasis, importance, or consideration to.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Greater weight than is required by law, custom, or rule; greater weight than is desired or intended.
- n. Preponderance: sometimes used adjectively.
- To weigh down; burden to excess; hamper.
Wiktionary
- adj. of a person heavier than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.
- adj. transport, law, of a vehicle weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce
- adj. investment, finance Having a portfolio relatively heavily invested in.
- n. law, healthcare An excess of weight.
- n. investment, finance A security or class of securities in which one has a heavy concentration.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Weight over and above what is required by law or custom.
- n. Superabundance of weight; preponderance.
- adj. obsolete Overweighing; excessive.
- adj. Having a weight in excess of what is normal, proper, or expected.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the property of excessive fatness
- adj. usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
Examples
“I don't know that I'm a good fit for the Food Network," she says, "but I'm a good fit, I feel like, for what I call the overweight community - which I still feel a part of.”
“Probably much of what we dislike in men who reject women because they're overweight is that they treat it like a deal-breaker: they refuse to even GET TO KNOW a woman, or talk to her, just because of how she looks.”
Ask Professor Foxy: Does My Size and Not Flirting Keep Me Alone? - Feministing
“You bore the brunt of my frustration with the fact that every time a post about fat-shaming gets put up on Feministing, somebody has to come in and say, "But being overweight is unhealthy!”
I want you to stop stalking "overweight" women. - Feministing
“Think about it: If obesity were a leading cause of death and more people fit within overweight and obese categories, the government is more apt to require insurers to pay for diets and weight-loss surgeries, meaning even more money in the wallets of fat cat dietmongers.”
I want you to stop stalking "overweight" women. - Feministing
“People are probably coming down on you extra hard here because lately a lot of posts have gotten derailed into arguments over whether being overweight is unhealthy and if so how unhealthy.”
Ask Professor Foxy: Does My Size and Not Flirting Keep Me Alone? - Feministing
“But I am tired of watching my friends and family make lifestyle decisions that directly affect their weight AND their health, and then complain that the reason they are overweight is not because of decisions they make each day, but because they need a pill.”
I want you to stop stalking "overweight" women. - Feministing
“People who are overweight don't need to hear lectures on why being overweight is hazardous to their health.”
I want you to stop stalking "overweight" women. - Feministing
“Does the energy bestowed by the sugar actually lessen in overweight subjects?”
“Being overweight is a temporary situation that long-term attitudes like discipline, self-control, focused attention and positive thinking can solve.”
The Huffington Post: Stephen Barrie, ND: Your Fat Cells Control Your Brain
“Many people share the perception that being overweight is unhealthy, but if you ask them to explain why, they just shrug and say it looks unhealthy or is a burden on your joints and heart.”
The Huffington Post: Stephen Barrie, ND: Your Fat Cells Control Your Brain
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