noun
- Plural of overweight; instances or amounts by which something exceeds a standard or acceptable weight.
Usage: Often used in shipping, aviation, or regulatory contexts.
verb
- Third-person singular present tense of overweight; to give too much weight or importance to something.
Usage: Common in finance, portfolio management, and decision-making contexts.
Examples
- The shipping company charged extra fees for overweights on the package.
- The portfolio overweights technology stocks relative to other sectors.
- Several overweights were recorded at the agricultural inspection station.
- She overweights the importance of test scores in college admissions.
- The airline penalizes passengers whose luggage overweights the limit.
- Analysts overweights growth potential when evaluating startup companies.