top-heavy
adjective/ˌtɒp ˈhevi/
/ˌtɑːp ˈhevi/
- too heavy at the top and therefore likely to fall
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- (of an organization) having too many senior staff compared to the number of workers
- top-heavy bureaucracy
- a top-heavy management structure
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