top-heavy
adjective
1
: having the top part too heavy for the lower part
2
: having too high a proportion of administrators
a top-heavy bureaucracy
3
: oversupplied with one element at the expense of others : lacking balance
a novel top-heavy with description
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Finally, though, the director holds his top-heavy premise together just well enough to arrive at an impact no less effective for being characteristically unsubtle.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 June 2025
Soccer is a sport in which teams are only as good as their weakest links, but the regulations force clubs to construct top-heavy rosters.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2025
That allows Connelly more flexibility to add depth to the roster, veering away from the top-heavy construction that is becoming untenable under the new CBA.
—Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 30 May 2025
This is a franchise that seems determined to produce another No. 1 single by keeping the band together even as all signs scream for change: age, injuries, a top-heavy payroll.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 28 May 2025
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 June 2025
Soccer is a sport in which teams are only as good as their weakest links, but the regulations force clubs to construct top-heavy rosters.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2025
That allows Connelly more flexibility to add depth to the roster, veering away from the top-heavy construction that is becoming untenable under the new CBA.
—Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 30 May 2025
This is a franchise that seems determined to produce another No. 1 single by keeping the band together even as all signs scream for change: age, injuries, a top-heavy payroll.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 28 May 2025
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“Top-heavy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/top-heavy. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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