Topheaviness

I pointed out way back in March, 2007, that there was gossip in Trenton circles of the difficulties and that eyebrows were raised about administrative topheaviness and the abandonment of a professionally-driven endowment effort. ❋ Dan (2007)

At the same time, eyebrows have been raised over the organization's administrative topheaviness as well as the abandonment of a professionally-driven endowment effort. ❋ Dan (2007)

Even the defects, if so they may be called, are there, and a slight topheaviness of the figures serves but to accentuate the likeness. ❋ Emily Leigh Lowes (N/A)

It was this latest manœuvre that aggravated the natural topheaviness of the chair, and endangered its balance. ❋ Unknown (1869)

The most popular approach currently is to shuffle money around quickly, so shareholders can take advantage of the short-term profits generated by squeezing the workers, then get out before the company gets caught breaking a law or just crumples of its own topheaviness. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He meant that capitalism would fall on its own accord from bloat and topheaviness, and that Communists would be shovel-ready to pile dirt on the corpse. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Their forms, however, during about three minutes of visibility, showed no change, although of so apparently unstable a character as to suggest to Arago "mountains on the point of crumbling into ruins" through topheaviness. [ ❋ Unknown (1874)