overweighted

Bearing excessive load

Overweighted describes something given too much weight or emphasis relative to other factors.

In finance, a portfolio is overweighted in a stock or sector when it holds more than a benchmark allocation: The fund is overweighted in tech.

More broadly, anything disproportionately emphasized can be overweighted: The study's conclusions were overweighted toward urban respondents.

burdened

laden

Heavily weighted down

overloaded · saddled · hampered · impeded · hindered · bogged down · loaded · strained · taxed · overwhelmed

physical

heavy

Of great mass

tipping · unstable · bulky · cumbersome · unwieldy · leaden · ponderous · sagging · strained · overloaded

portfolio

allocation

Distribution of shares

  • equitiesOwnership stakes in corporations
  • bondsTies that unite
  • stocksOwnership stakes or inventory

sector · index · benchmark · rebalancing · exposure · holdings · diversification · asset · position · tilt

statistical

biased

Unfairly favoring one side

distorted · exaggerated · unbalanced · emphasized · prioritized · magnified · amplified · adjusted · scaled · calibrated

Opposites
proportional allocation

overweightedunderweighted

Given insufficient proportion

underweight · underallocated · balanced · underrepresented · proportionate

physical weight/load

overweightedunderweighted

Given insufficient proportion

lightened · light · underloaded · unburdened · underweight

Phrases
Family

overweight, overweighting

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