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top-heavy

adjective as in unstable

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If he can revert back to being a near .300 hitter, it could significantly help lengthen a sometimes top-heavy lineup.

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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.

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And a roster that once seemed too top-heavy now has, at least in theory, more potential impact options to bring off the bench.

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"I will take on the top-heavy management that is holding the NHS back and deliver the biggest and most meaningful NHS reform in decades," he said.

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For the first time in modern history, the State Department is top-heavy with Latin America experts, starting with Rubio.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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