top-heav|y

top-heav|y
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.

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