overweight

English

Pronunciation

• (adjective):
  • (UK) IPA: /ˌəʊvəˈweɪt/, SAMPA: /%@Uv@"weIt/
  • (US) enPR: ō'vər-wātʹ, IPA: /ˌoʊvɚˈweɪt/, SAMPA: /%oUv@`"weIt/
• (noun):
  • (UK) IPA: /ˈəʊvəweɪt/, SAMPA: /"@Uv@weIt/
  • (US) enPR: ōʹvər-wāt, IPA: /ˈoʊvɚweɪt/, SAMPA: /"oUv@`weIt/
• Rhymes: -eɪt

Adjective

overweight (comparative more overweight, superlative most overweight)

1. (of a person) heavier than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.
2. (transportation industry, of a vehicle) weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce
   • 1988, U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, Gearing Up for Safety: Motor Carrier Safety in a Competitive Environment, ISBN 1428922504, page 38,

     All States allow oversized vehicles if a special permit is obtained, although most States will grant overweight permits only for non-divisible loads.

   • 1993, Legacy in the Sand: Chemical Command in Operations Desert Shield & Desert Storm, ISBN 0788104756, page 74,

     He got as far as the first weigh station, where troopers found his truck to be overweight and threatened to pull him off the road.

   • 1998, Collision of Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District Train 102, ISBN 1428996532, page 48,

     Postaccident examination of the vehicle indicated, for example, that the driver had not adequately maintained his logbook and that his vehicle had been overweight for travel in Indiana.

Synonyms

• (of a person): clinically obese, fat, morbidly obese, obese, super obese
• See also Wikisaurus:obese

Translations

of a person, heavier than is healthy

Finnish: ylipainoinen (fi) German: übergewichtig (de)

Greek: υπέρβαρος (el) (ypérvaros) m. Norwegian: overvektig (no)

of a vehicle, weighing more than is allowed

Finnish: ylipainoinen (fi) German: überladen

Greek: υπέρβαρος (el) (ypérvaros) m.

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Dutch: te zwaar Telugu: స్థూలకాయం (sthoolakaayaM) (1), అధిక బరువు (adhikabaruvu) (2)

Noun

overweight (uncountable)

1. An excess of weight.

Translations

excess of weight

German: Übergewicht (de) n.

Verb

overweight (third-person singular simple present overweights, present participle overweighting, simple past and past participle overweighted)

1. To place excessive weight or emphasis on
   • 2009 January 11, Geraldine Fabrikant, “How Safe Is That Nest Egg, Anyhow?”:

     Kinnel explained it, the problem at Select High Income was that it overweighted mortgage bonds and underweighted other types of corporate debt, a strategy that backfired when the mortgage market collapsed.

Antonyms

• underweight