TOP-HEAVY


Meaning of TOP-HEAVY in English

ˌtop-ˈheavy BrE AmE adjective

1 . too heavy at the top and therefore likely to fall over

2 . an organization that is top-heavy has too many managers compared to the number of ordinary workers:

The company was burdened by a top-heavy bureaucracy.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.