- top´-heav´i|ness
- top-heav|y «TOP HEHV ee», adjective.1. too heavy at the top.2. liable to fall or fail as from too great weight above; unstable.3. Figurative. overcapitalized, as a business corporation.4. Figurative. having too many officials of high rank: »
a department top-heavy with full professors.
–top´-heav´i|ness, noun.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.