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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•flated /ɪnˈfleɪtɪd/USA pronunciation adj. - expanded or filled with air:properly inflated tires.
filled with pride or vanity:an inflated opinion of his own importance.increased too much:grossly inflated charges. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•flat•ed (in flā′tid),USA pronunciation adj. - distended with air or gas;
swollen. - puffed up, as with pride.
- turgid or bombastic:his inflated prose.
- unduly increased in level:inflated costs.
- Economics, Businessunduly expanded in amount, value, or size;
characterized by inflation. - Botanyhollow and enlarged or swelled out:inflated perianth.
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