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top-heavy
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top-heav·y (tphv)
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-heavi·ness n.

top-heavy
adj
1. unstable or unbalanced through being overloaded at the top
2. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) Finance (of an enterprise or its capital structure) characterized by or containing too much debt capital in relation to revenue or profit so that too little is left over for dividend distributions; overcapitalized
3. (Business / Commerce) (of a business enterprise) having too many executives
top-heavily  adv
top-heaviness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.top-heavytop-heavy - unstable by being overloaded at the top
unstable - lacking stability or fixity or firmness; "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy"
Translations
top-heavy [ˌtɒpˈhevɪ] ADJ (lit) → demasiado pesado en la parte superior (fig) the army was top-heavy with officersel ejército tenía demasiados oficiales
top-heavy [ˌtɒpˈhɛvɪ] adj (structure) → con la parte superiore troppo pesante
this company is top-heavy (fig) → ci sono troppi dirigenti in questa società
top-heavy [ˌtɒpˈhɛvɪ] adj (structure) → con la parte superiore troppo pesante
this company is top-heavy (fig) → ci sono troppi dirigenti in questa società


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