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adjective

Overweight adj.

Overweighing; excessive. (Obs.) "Of no overweight worth."

Having a weight in excess of what is normal, proper, or expected; as, the doctor recommends dieting to all his overweight patients; overweight luggage will incur an extra charge.

noun

Overweight n.

Weight over and above what is required by law or custom.

Superabundance of weight; preponderance.

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Etymology of 'Overweight'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Overweight" Quotes from Famous Books

... the shrewd look in the half-closed eyes, nor did he fancy the bullet-shaped close-cropped head with its overweight of occiput and bull-dog jaw, but he replied courteously, "such trifling diversion on the part of an idle man is surely less remarkable than its appreciation by ...

— Romance of Roman Villas - (The Renaissance) • Elizabeth W. (Elizbeth Williams) Champney

... orders to depart within ten days, a final Church Parade was ordered, at which only soldiers and their kin were permitted to be present. The preacher for the day falling ill from an overweight of war work, and Barry being in the city with nothing to do, the duty of preaching at this Parade Service was ...

— The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land • Ralph Connor

... porch group themselves into one harmonious whole, the long line of iron railings bounding the churchyard being the only drawback. The first impression is that there is something wrong with the central tower; the plain heavy battlement, with its four enormous corner pinnacles, seems to overweight the tower, and as each side of the parapet is longer than the side of the tower below, the feeling of top-heaviness is increased. The central tower has no buttresses, but the western has an octagonal buttress at each corner, ...

— Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory • Thomas Perkins

... man walks over to the scales and has himself weighed all regular, declaring a pound overweight for fear of accidents. He gets down as quiet and easy as possible to the starting point, and just in time to walk up steadily with the other horses, when down goes the starter's flag, and 'Off' was the word. Starlight and the Dawsons were ...

— Robbery Under Arms • Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood

... not more telegraphing than there is requesting no decision. This does not show more than is to be used. This can be overweight. All the noise is not drowned out. There is all day and more than ...

— Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein - With Two Shorter Stories • Gertrude Stein

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