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Definition of Top-heavy
1. Adjective. Unstable by being overloaded at the top.
Definition of Top-heavy
1. Adjective. having a high centre of gravity, and liable to topple ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of an organization) having an excessive number of administrators or managers ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Top-heavy
Literary usage of Top-heavy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles of Scientific Management by Frederick Winslow Taylor (1911)
"... presents itself is whether an elaborate organization of this sort can be made
to pay for itself; whether such an organization is not top-heavy. ..."
2. Life in the South from the Commencement of the War: Being a Social History by Catherine Cooper Hopley (1863)
"Thirty Grains of Quinine top heavy.—A new Home in prospect.—The African Church.—The
Convention clings to the Union.—The deluded North. ..."
3. Life in the South: From the Commencement of the War by Catherine Cooper Hopley (1863)
"Thirty Grains of Quinine top heavy.—A new Home in prospect.—The African Church.—The
Convention clings to the Union.—The deluded North. ..."
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