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
Lauren Manaker Ms, Health, 28 June 2025
Wells Fargo reiterates Microsoft as overweight Wells Fargo raised its price target on the stock to $585 per share from $565.
—Michael Bloom, CNBC, 25 June 2025
Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 16 July 2025
People who are overweight may be prone to heat sickness because of their tendency to retain more body heat.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 14 July 2025
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Adjective
Here’s What the Research Showed The study, funded by the National Mango Board, involved 48 adult men ages 20-60 who had overweight or obesity and chronic low-grade inflammation.
—Lauren Manaker Ms, Health, 28 June 2025
Wells Fargo reiterates Microsoft as overweight Wells Fargo raised its price target on the stock to $585 per share from $565.
—Michael Bloom, CNBC, 25 June 2025
Noun
An unrecognizable Cruise — bald, overweight, hairy — as the profane Les Grossman, a greedy studio executive (is there any other kind?), steals Ben Stiller’s movie.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 16 July 2025
People who are overweight may be prone to heat sickness because of their tendency to retain more body heat.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overweight
Adjective
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During early October’s harvest, when golden Chasselas grapes are at their plump and juicy peak, explore medieval villages and 10th-century stone walls on foot, like on a 6.8-mile hike from St. Saphorin to Lutry, and visit cellars aboard the Lavaux Express train.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
18 July 2025
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Ripe cherries should be large and plump, while undersized cherries likely need more time to mature.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 July 2025
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In the longer run, such things may reduce your risk of obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and other medical conditions.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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The problem, however, is that not all medicines are small enough to pass through the skin and into the bloodstream — a requirement for patches to work, says Melanie Jay, MD, a professor and obesity researcher at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine in New York City.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
22 July 2025
Adjective
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As if the fleeting raindrops themselves were fat, lazy flies.—
Jennifer Leigh Parker,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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Peabody closed Tuesday at $17.34, and the stock pays a dividend yield of 1.7% — fatter than the S & P 500 yield of 1.18%.—
Darla Mercado, CFP®,
CNBC,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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Overweight or obese women often experience more aggressive cancer growth and poorer response to treatment.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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Worse, this report predicts that for decades to come, an increasing percentage of people in this country will be overweight or obese.—
Hank Naughton,
Boston Herald,
22 July 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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Both of those final round BBQ competitors own BBQ restaurants.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
22 July 2025
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Of course, Funko Pops! are instantly recognizable: oversized heads, small bodies, and those signature large, round black eyes.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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“Overweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overweight. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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