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adjectivedistended with air or gas; swollen. puffed up, as with pride. turgid or bombastic: his inflated prose. unduly increased in level: inflated costs. Economics. unduly expanded in amount, value, or size; characterized by inflation. Botany. hollow and enlarged or swelled out: inflated perianth. Origin of inflatedFirst recorded in 1645–55; inflate + -ed2 OTHER WORDS FROM inflatedin·flat·ed·ly, adverbin·flat·ed·ness, nounun·der·in·flat·ed, adjectiveun·in·flat·ed, adjectiveWords nearby inflatedinflammatory pseudotumor, inflammatory rheumatism, “In Flanders Fields”, inflatable, inflate, inflated, inflation, inflationary, inflationary gap, inflationary spiral, inflationary universe Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for inflatedHe was like an un-tied balloon that had been inflated and immediately released. Robin Williams and Christopher Reeve's Epic Friendship and the Greatest Williams Story Ever Told|Marlow Stern|August 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST Inflated figures lead to ineffective policies and breed panic and over-reach. Is the Campus Rape Crisis Overblown?|Eleanor Clift|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST Iraqi banks are seconded to commit fraudulent transactions and sell currency at inflated prices. Iran’s Top Spy Is the Modern-Day Karla, John Le Carré’s Villainous Mastermind|Michael Weiss|July 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST MacFarlane is actively making money off of his inflated sense of self. Juvenile Misogynist Seth MacFarlane Is Not Funny|Amy Zimmerman|June 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Before diving into the fiction that has inflated Agenda 21 to fear-mongering status, we must first understand the facts. Agenda 21: The U.N. Conspiracy That Just Won’t Die|Caitlin Dickson|April 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST We notice that its leaves are opposite, that its corolla has five petals and that its calyx is inflated. Why Worry?|George Lincoln Walton, M.D. When inflated the float has a diameter about two-thirds the length. Ethnology of the Ungava District, Hudson Bay Territory|Lucien Turner The flowers are tubular and inflated; colour generally blue. The American Flower Garden Directory|Thomas Hibbert Sordid self and inflated aristocracy could have had no difficulty in deciding. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution|L. Carroll Judson Even the fine width of it suggested an inflated sense of its own importance. The Toy Shop|Margarita Spalding Gerry
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