[
US
/ˌoʊvɝˈweɪt/
]
ADJECTIVE
- usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
NOUN
- the property of excessive fatness
How To Use overweight In A Sentence
- The severity, universality, complexity of peasant burden overweight, is to determined fundamentally that solving peasant burden overweight needs long period of time and arduousness of problem.
- It seems fans can't get enough of this overweight, near-sighted, lovable lunk who fights zombies from inside his favorite pub.
- The Department of Education recently wrote to all primary schools reminding them of the potential health hazards posed by overweight schoolbags.
- About 10% of Japanese teenagers are overweight. Nutritionists say the main culprit is increasing reliance on Western fast food.
- About a quarter of young people are currently classified as overweight or obese. Times, Sunday Times
- It is possible to be underweight or overweight in BMI terms and still have a healthy percentage of body fat. The Sun
- At a desk to the very side of the room, a very overweight, red-faced man was shuffling through some files and stuffing them into Manila folders.
- You also increase the risk of being overweight. Times, Sunday Times
- Good health is dependent on rather more objective factors, one of which is not being overweight. Times, Sunday Times
- Overweight barmen slosh mojitos on the counter at great haste and orders are shouted against a backdrop of salsa and rumba.