overweight

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And some people might choose hearing voices over being 30 pounds overweight and tired all of the time.

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Quick take

the property of excessive fatness

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of overweight gathered in one view.

noun

the property of excessive fatness

adjective

usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for overweight.

noun

the property of excessive fatness

See also: corpulence, stoutness, adiposis

adjective

usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it

Example sentences

And some people might choose hearing voices over being 30 pounds overweight and tired all of the time.

Quick guess: "How can little Timmy be overweight if half the kids in the neighborhood are chubbier than him?

Also being grossly overweight does no favors to keeping depression away.

I hope I'm not the only one that feels this way, but seriously, who gives a shit?Look, I'm a 30-something overweight white male programmer.

The reality is that 70% of adults are overweight because of Coca-Cola and Doritos, not because of fancy French restaurants.

" He pulls spreadsheets out of a drawer, adjusts his glasses and reads out loud: "At the age of 70, a total of 37 percent of our subjects were, according to their own statements, overweight, and 8 percent were obese; 37 percent were smokers, on average for 31 years; 44 percent said that they only moderately exercised; 20 percent never exercised.