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The definition of top-heavy is someone or something that has most of its weight at the top and is likely to fall over as a result.

(adjective)

A very heavy table top resting on a very small stand that can barely support the weight of the top is an example of a table that would be described as top-heavy.

See top-heavy in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

too heavy at the top for the base below, so as to be likely to fall over or collapse: also used figuratively, as of an organization with too many executives

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top-heavily adverb
top-heaviness noun

See top-heavy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective top-heav·i·er, top-heav·i·est

Likely to topple because of an uneven distribution of weight, with the majority being at the top.
Accounting Overcapitalized.
Having a disproportionately large number of administrators.

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