bloated
Americanadjective
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swollen; puffed up; overlarge.
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excessively vain; conceited.
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excessively fat; obese.
adjective
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swollen, as with a liquid, air, or wind
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puffed up, as with conceit
Other Word Forms
- bloatedness noun
- unbloated adjective
Etymology
Origin of bloated
Example Sentences
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"One of my most frequent tics is I clench my stomach and that makes me inhale air, which means that I'm constantly bloated," Smith says.
From BBC
She recommends ensuring your LinkedIn headline isn’t vague, your About section isn’t bloated and your Experience section doesn’t read like a “resumé archive.”
From MarketWatch
He felt it had some bloated bureaucracy that the new administration could fix.
Companies like Amazon.com are slashing their corporate workforces back to levels not seen since the Covid pandemic, although it’s not clear if this is due to genuine AI improvements or using ‘AI-washing’ to cut bloated teams.
From Barron's
Critics say it shifts financial control away from politicians and into the hands of unaccountable arbitrators, which could lead to bloated labor costs.
From Los Angeles Times
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