inflated

IPA: ɪnfɫˈeɪtʌd

adjective

  • Filled with air or fluid
  • Expanded; in a state of inflation, of abnormally increased size, amount, etc.
  • (economics): In a state of higher cost.
  • (figuratively) Pompous; arrogant (of a person or ego)
  • (figuratively) Containing excessive, meaningless words, particularly for show
  • Higher that the true figure
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Examples of "inflated" in Sentences

  • Arnold Kling uses this explain inflated university tuition.
  • "We find people have what we call 'inflated worth of self'."
  • We are only staying so that political egos here can remain inflated, at the cost of American and middle eastern lives.
  • Wednesday's meeting followed government criticism on Heath, with Manuel questioning what he described as inflated successes claimed by the unit.
  • Earlier this month, former students at New York Law School and Thomas Cooley Law School in Lansing, Mich., filed a class action lawsuit over what they called inflated employment rates.
  • But Roger Salazar, a political consultant who has been directing the effort to defeat the proposal, said that Mr. Holder's statement should reinforce deep concerns about the initiative, including the way it was drafted and what he called inflated claims by its backers of what legalization might do.

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