Definition of "top-heavy" [top•-heav•y]

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

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "It can happen to any culture, especially if it gets too wordy and top-heavy."
• "The flimsy top-heavy crowns on the inflated head of the now-concluded bubblicious sprawl, spread and squander epoch of America's experiment in elevating excess to the level of culture."
• "The conservative diagnosis for the Greek malaise is an inefficient “two-tier” top-heavy workforce, saddled with gluttonous underperforming bureaucrats, while younger workers are shut out of opportunities."