as in plump
having an excess of body fat
an overweight person who had difficulty running even a short distance
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Recent Examples of overweight
Anuradha Varanasi, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Emerging evidence suggests that probiotics may help prevent weight gain and promote weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.20
Probiotic food sources include:21
Kefir
Kombucha
Miso
Pickles
Sauerkraut
Tempeh
Yogurt
11.
—Jamie Johnson, Verywell Health, 22 May 2025
Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
However, some studies suggest going to sleep at midnight or later, compared to earlier, may raise the risk of overweight or obesity, insulin resistance and high blood pressure.
—American Heart Association News, Boston Herald, 27 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
Prior studies conducted on Dutch and Korean children with ADHD found that living with this neurodevelopmental condition put them at a higher risk of being overweight and obese than their counterparts without ADHD.
—Anuradha Varanasi, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Emerging evidence suggests that probiotics may help prevent weight gain and promote weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.20
Probiotic food sources include:21
Kefir
Kombucha
Miso
Pickles
Sauerkraut
Tempeh
Yogurt
11.
—Jamie Johnson, Verywell Health, 22 May 2025
Noun
By no means the end of American Exceptionalism, but a global rebalance of the US equity overweight is likely occurring.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
However, some studies suggest going to sleep at midnight or later, compared to earlier, may raise the risk of overweight or obesity, insulin resistance and high blood pressure.
—American Heart Association News, Boston Herald, 27 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overweight
Adjective
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It’s powered by ultra-low molecular collagen that penetrates deeply to firm and smooth fine lines, while oligo-hyaluronic acid hydrates better and faster than traditional HA, sinking in deeper and faster, leaving skin plump without heaviness.—
Marie Lodi,
Allure,
2 June 2025
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Perhaps the best perk of the suite was the large balcony with ample plump seating and an atmospheric floor lamp, a glorious extension of the indoor space for prime castle viewing.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
Travel + Leisure,
14 May 2025
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People with obesity: Vitamin D is stored in fat (adipose) tissue.—
Amy Brownstein,
Verywell Health,
27 May 2025
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Disappointing trial results for its next-generation obesity drug shook investor confidence.—
Tima Bansal,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
Adjective
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Want a fat analysis for your left arm or the muscle content in your right leg?—
Christopher Null,
Wired News,
4 June 2025
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To specify a revenue source — a tax increase, the raid of an existing program — would have created a fat target for opponents.—
George Skelton,
Mercury News,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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Scientists are still piecing together the reason for this trend, especially since many young patients aren’t obese and don’t have a family history of the disease.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
3 June 2025
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People who are obese, over 65, or have darker skin may be more at risk for deficiency—and about 50% to 60% of nursing home residents and patients in hospitals are vitamin D deficient.—
Erica Sweeney,
Time,
28 May 2025
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Whimsy was also the domain of the Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, whose signature was a race of voluptuously bloated figures — denizens, from priests to bullfighters, of an almost cartoonish world that, to him, had to do not with corpulence but with the sensuality of human life.—
William McDonald,
New York Times,
28 Dec. 2023
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His thick musculature having bloated into unhealthy corpulence, Maradona was hospitalized in Buenos Aires in April 2004 with what doctors described as a weakened heart and acute breathing problems.—
Jeré Longman,
New York Times,
25 Nov. 2020
Adjective
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For her celebration, Sienna wore green face paint and an all-black outfit paired with round glasses, as worn by Elphaba Thropp.—
Dayna Haffenden,
People.com,
4 June 2025
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The other was a silver necklace with a round pendant.—
Sara Vallone,
Miami Herald,
2 June 2025
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