inflated

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English

Adjective

inflated (comparative more inflated, superlative most inflated)

  1. Filled with air or fluid
    The inflated balloons danced in the breeze.
  2. Expanded; in a state of inflation, of abnormally increased size, amount, etc.
    His inflated belly looked uncomfortable.
  3. (economics): In a state of higher cost.
    His inflated prices made the vendor unpopular.
    • 2023 March 8, Neil Robertson, “Tackling the skills shortage”, in RAIL, number 978, page 33:
      Apprenticeship programmes supply the industry with an ongoing cohort of qualified talent. It is much cheaper to train new people than to pay inflated wages to attract existing talent. Apprenticeships are also a useful way of teaching the practical, hands-on skills that the modern railway needs.
  4. (figuratively) Pompous; arrogant (of a person or ego)
  5. (figuratively) Containing excessive, meaningless words, particularly for show
    The inflated speech did not impress the audience.
  6. Higher that the true figure
    inflated incidence figures

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(filled with air, or expanded):

(containing excessive words):

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Verb

inflated

  1. simple past and past participle of inflate

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