overweighto·ver·weight /ˌəʊvəˈweɪt◂ˌoʊvər-/ adjectiveadj1HUMAN RESOURCESan overweight organization has too many people working for itan overweight monopoly
The company is considered to be overweight and overbureaucratic.
2FINANCE if someone is overweight in a particular type of investment in relation to other investments they hold, they have more of it than is usual, or more of it than they should haveHe suggested portfolio managers be overweight in shares in electronics, machine tool makers and utilities.
Most people were overweight in the dollar because they believed in a US economic recovery.
→ opposite underweight —overweight verb [transitiveT]Economists at Merrill Lynch are advising clients to overweight their holdings of US, Canadian, and Australian dollars.