TOP-HEAVY


Meaning of TOP-HEAVY in English

1.

Something that is top-heavy is larger or heavier at the top than at the bottom, and might therefore fall over.

...top-heavy flowers such as sunflowers.

ADJ

2.

If you describe a business or other organization as top-heavy , you mean that it has too many senior managers in relation to the number of junior managers or workers.

...top-heavy bureaucratic structures.

ADJ [ disapproval ]

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