over-inflatedadj.

1857 Chicago Mag. 15 June 363/1 A crisis—a crash—a suspension—universal bankruptcy—falling of prices down, down to nought—the bursting of this over-inflated balloon.

1964 W. G. Smith Allergy & Tissue Metabolism i. 3 The post mortem picture shows over-inflated lungs.

1986 Los Angeles Times 8 May 15/1 Overinflated tires can cause premature wear on the center of the tread.

2001 Washington Post 15 Aug. a2/2 A surgeon removes overinflated and damaged tissue, reducing the volume of the lungs by as much as one-third.

1879 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 42 75 It was well known what a condition of trade was brought about by an over-inflated currency.

1947 Life 17 Nov. 14/2 So long as the imbalance can to some extent be alleviated by dollars brought in by visiting norte-americanos, Peru will remain, for foreigners, an isolated little haven of easy living in an otherwise overinflated hemisphere.

a1974 R. Crossman Diaries (1975) I. 585 The economy was over-inflated now, we needed to take some of the heat out and to drive a little of the employment out of it.

1992 Business Amer. 2 Nov. 2 There is increased emphasis today among developing countries on privatizing state-owned firms..and on realigning overinflated currency exchange rates.

1934 E. Pound Eleven New Cantos xxxiii. 14 The meeting decided we were over-inflated.

1978 N.Y. Mag. 3 Apr. 71/2 His reputation is overshadowed..by that of Sir Edward Elgar, on whose inflated scores a grossly overinflated revival is now being perpetrated.

1991 Electronic Musician Nov. 6/1 Not since the introduction of the personal computer have there been so many overinflated claims and unfulfilled promises about a subject.

1996 Independent 17 Aug. (Weekend section) 8/3 When one is successful in business, it is easy to become over-inflated and lose perspective.