overweight vs slight

overweight

adj
  • Having a higher weight, especially body fat, than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height. 

  • Weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce. 

  • Having a portfolio relatively heavily invested in. 

verb
  • To place excessive weight or emphasis on; to overestimate the importance of. 

  • To weigh down: to put too heavy a burden on. 

noun
  • An overweight person. 

  • The condition of being overweight. 

  • An excess of weight. 

  • A security or class of securities in which one has a heavy concentration. 

slight

noun
  • The act of ignoring or snubbing; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy. 

verb
  • To act negligently or carelessly. 

  • To treat with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully. 

  • To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of. 

  • To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition. 

  • To give lesser weight or importance to. 

  • To throw heedlessly. 

adj
  • still; with little or no movement on the surface 

  • Even, smooth or level 

  • not far away in space or time 

  • of slender build 

  • gentle or weak, not aggressive or powerful 

  • not thorough; superficial 

  • trifling; unimportant; insignificant 

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