0 If something is top-heavy, it has more weight in the higher part than in the lower part and will not balance correctly:
1 having more weight in the higher part than in the lower part and so tending to fall easily:
fig. The organization was top-heavy with vice presidents.
If you stand up in such a small boat, you make it top-heavy, and it can turn over easily.
2 used to describe an organization that has too many managers in relation to the number of ordinary workers:
They have a top-heavy management structure.
top-heavy management/bureaucracy