TOP-HEAVY


Meaning of TOP-HEAVY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtäp-ˌhe-vē ]

adjective

Date: circa 1533

1. : having the top part too heavy for the lower part

2. : having too high a proportion of administrators

a top-heavy bureaucracy

3. : oversupplied with one element at the expense of others : lacking balance

a novel top-heavy with description

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.