Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective 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. synonym: fat.
- noun More weight than is normal, necessary, or allowed.
- noun Greater weight or importance; preponderance.
- transitive verb To weigh down too heavily; overload.
- transitive verb To give too much emphasis, importance, or consideration to.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Greater weight than is required by law, custom, or rule; greater weight than is desired or intended.
- noun Preponderance: sometimes used adjectively.
- To weigh down; burden to excess; hamper.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Weight over and above what is required by law or custom.
- noun Superabundance of weight; preponderance.
- adjective obsolete Overweighing; excessive.
- adjective Having a weight in excess of what is normal, proper, or expected.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of a person heavier than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.
- adjective transport, law, of a vehicle weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce
- adjective investment, finance Having a portfolio relatively heavily invested in.
- noun law, healthcare An
excess of weight. - noun investment, finance A security or class of securities in which one has a heavy concentration.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the property of excessive fatness
- adjective usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
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Examples
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"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."
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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 2009
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Being overweight is a temporary situation that long-term attitudes like discipline, self-control, focused attention and positive thinking can solve.
Stephen Barrie, ND: Your Fat Cells Control Your Brain ND Stephen Barrie 2010
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Being overweight is a temporary situation that long-term attitudes like discipline, self-control, focused attention and positive thinking can solve.
Stephen Barrie, ND: Your Fat Cells Control Your Brain ND Stephen Barrie 2010
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Does the energy bestowed by the sugar actually lessen in overweight subjects?
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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 2009
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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 2009
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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 2009
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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 2009
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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 2009
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