American English pronunciation
How to pronounce overweight
IPA transcription: [,oʊvɚ'weɪt]
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Noun
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the property of excessive fatness
Adjective
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usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
Usage examples
- Reports can be printed for overweight vehicles.
- Conflicting reports point to overweight cargo and windshear as possible causes.
- He also met the Irish giant Patrick Cotter and the famously overweight Daniel Lambert.
- In his version Molly has trouble with her wheelbarrow because she is very overweight.
- Cattermole was also criticised when he was dubbed overweight and a "heavy-footed dancer".
- Lipedema is common in overweight women.