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top-heav⋅y

  [top-hev-ee]
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–adjective
1. having the top disproportionately heavy; liable to fall from too great weight above.
2. relatively much heavier or larger above the center or waist than below: a top-heavy wrestler.
3. Finance.
a. having a financial structure overburdened with securities that have priority in the payment of dividends.
b. overcapitalized.
Origin:
1525–35; top 1 + heavy

Related forms:
top-heav⋅i⋅ly, adverb
top-heav⋅i⋅ness, noun
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top-heav·y   (tŏp'hěv'ē)
adj.   top-heav·i·er, top-heav·i·est

  1. Likely to topple because of an uneven distribution of weight, with the majority being at the top.

  2. Accounting Overcapitalized.

  3. Having a disproportionately large number of administrators.

top'-heav'i·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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