top-heavy
Example Sentences
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As exciting as this style of play can appear, it does leave Liverpool very top-heavy.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
The reason for the discrepancy is that, over the past few years, the S&P 500 has become increasingly top-heavy as shares of the largest companies pulled ahead.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026
Walk around the lumbering, top-heavy “Adam,” whose powerful hand echoes Michelangelo’s Sistine ceiling but instead points earthward, and you don’t get a sense of inspired, ideal form, but of matter, growth and transformation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Broadway, top-heavy with musical parodies and attention-grabbing revivals, is having a strange season by all accounts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
The Pluto outfit was top-heavy and hard to navigate, and the temperature inside was about 105 degrees.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
