as in plump
having an excess of body fat
an overweight person who had difficulty running even a short distance
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Recent Examples of overweight
Alice Park, TIME, 12 Feb. 2025
One small study of 39 participants tested the effects of ACV in people who were overweight or obese.
—Ashley Wong, Health, 11 Feb. 2025
Brian Evans, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
One review paper examined six studies on probiotics and overweight or obesity.
—Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 29 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
No one in the study was receiving treatment for their drinking, and most were overweight or obese.
—Alice Park, TIME, 12 Feb. 2025
One small study of 39 participants tested the effects of ACV in people who were overweight or obese.
—Ashley Wong, Health, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
The firm downgraded the steel stock to equal weight from overweight on Monday, alongside a $39 per share price target.
—Brian Evans, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
One review paper examined six studies on probiotics and overweight or obesity.
—Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overweight
Adjective
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Some species provided not just materials but sustenance: edible cambium (a layer between the bark and the wood), plump and sweet in the spring—considered a famine food by some groups and a delicacy by others.—
Amelia Soth,
JSTOR Daily,
27 Feb. 2025
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The formula is chock-full of humectants, which draw moisture into the skin to leave it feeling hydrated and plump.—
Zoë Weiner,
Glamour,
25 Feb. 2025
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Sleep deprivation is linked to heart disease, cognitive decline, obesity and numerous other problems.—
Lauran Neergaard,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2025
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But a survey last year by the benefits consultant Mercer said fewer half of large employers covered GLP-1 drugs for obesity.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA TODAY,
2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The researchers found that in addition to reducing liver fat content, HTD1801 significantly improved blood glucose control.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 Mar. 2025
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Baseball, which is dying all over the place, should get off its fat, lazy a--, and elect Pete Rose, even though far too late, into the Baseball Hall of Fame!—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Body Mass Index — or BMI — is a formula where a person's weight (in kilograms) is divided by the square of their height (in meters), and that number is used to sort people into four categories: underweight, healthy, overweight or obese.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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It is not caused by alcohol use, and is most often seen in people who are overweight or obese, according to the American Liver Foundation.—
Martha Ross,
The Mercury News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Whimsy was also the domain of the Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, whose signature was a race of voluptuously bloated figures — denizens, from priests to bullfighters, of an almost cartoonish world that, to him, had to do not with corpulence but with the sensuality of human life.—
William McDonald,
New York Times,
28 Dec. 2023
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His thick musculature having bloated into unhealthy corpulence, Maradona was hospitalized in Buenos Aires in April 2004 with what doctors described as a weakened heart and acute breathing problems.—
Jeré Longman,
New York Times,
25 Nov. 2020
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However, the round imprints of tl\e big cougar we’re melted and indistinct.—
Frank C. Hibben,
Outdoor Life,
27 Feb. 2025
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The split division format allows for the powerhouses to meet in round one, which is early for the caliber of talent.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Overweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overweight. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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