An inflated balloon. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : his inflated prose. ,inflated costs. ,inflated perianth. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : The king cobra inflates its hood. ,to inflate a balloon. From Dictionary.com.
Wednesday's meeting followed government criticism on Heath, with Manuel questioning what he described as inflated successes claimed by the unit. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Arnold Kling uses this explain inflated university tuition. From Wordnik.com. [Compulsory Cultural Exchange?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
The size of the sofa when fully inflated is 180 cm in width and 90cm in height. From Wordnik.com. [Stylish Inflatable Furniture by Blofield] Reference
The costs of emergency care for the uninsured get passed on in inflated billing to people who are insured. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Why Is Nelson OK With Using Reconciliation For Tax Cuts For Millionaires But Not For Health Care For Americans?] Reference
We are only staying so that political egos here can remain inflated, at the cost of American and middle eastern lives. From Wordnik.com. [Obama rejecting Afghanistan criticism] Reference
Does anyone understand why Obama suggesting that people keep their tires properly inflated is some sort of hilarious gaffe?. From Wordnik.com. [Eschaton] Reference
Barrie Jarrett, CEO of TEAMtalk Media, reasons that the short-term inflated pricing of flights, hotels and even beer may persuade tourists to go elsewhere. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
If you should sell your house and make a profit on the deal in inflated dollars, Obama wants to take 28 percent of that profit rather than the 15 percent presently taken. From Wordnik.com. [mjh's blog — 2008 — August] Reference
"Demand in China is over-inflated, that is clear.". From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
What ‘bombast’ now means is familiar to us all, namely inflated words, “full of sound and fury”, but “signifying nothing”. From Wordnik.com. [English Past and Present] Reference
Or someone with a kind of inflated sense of self-importance. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 11, 2005] Reference
I guess we can quit laughing at the Chinese for their grossly "inflated" growth figures. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Picture] Reference
BUCKMAN: No. KURTZ: You think the figure 50 million is kind of inflated, that a deal like that would never really happen?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 4, 2002] Reference
But the rising nations around the world are also imitating bad things, such as inflated defense spending and nationalism. From Wordnik.com. [Deepak Chopra: Beyond the G20: A World We Can Believe in] Reference
Now, you can say his September results were kind of inflated because people were looking forward to seeing him out there on the campaign trail. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 16, 2007] Reference
The investigation could focus on whether the bank used false information such as inflated appraisals to give loans and on possible securities fraud. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 17, 2008] Reference
Transpacific admits declared past earnings 'inflated'. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
Shelby County's infant-mortality rate 'inflated', new study says. From Wordnik.com. [Memphis Commercial Appeal Stories] Reference
This resulted in an "inflated" share price that plummeted when the. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
Lloyds accused of distorting job market with 'inflated' pay and bonuses. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
A data template isn't going to be "inflated" unless you've referenced data. From Wordnik.com. [The Code Project Latest Articles] Reference
My next issue with your article is the comments about the "inflated" converter box prices. From Wordnik.com. [The Red Tape Chronicles] Reference
And I definitely don't recommend that investors avoid bonds because of such "inflated" fears. From Wordnik.com. [Business and financial news - CNNMoney.com] Reference
Bond prices are "inflated" in much the same way that real estate and housing were in the last two bubbles. From Wordnik.com. [Minyanville] Reference
Okay, so we could probably - O&M will probably be - O&M was kind of inflated in last year's fourth quarter. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
This resulted in an "inflated" share price that plummeted when the "truth began to emerge", the suit claims. From Wordnik.com. [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases]
Letang is usually pretty solid, but he started his career 4-4 so his numbers are still kind of inflated from that. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Sports - Top News] Reference
If he uses this to mean dollars that are inflated in value, then you're also paying more interest in "inflated" dollars. From Wordnik.com. [Comments for Mighty Bargain Hunter] Reference
The head of the UK's biggest bank hit out at the "inflated" bonus culture and predicted smaller payouts for the industry in future. From Wordnik.com. [icCheshireOnline] Reference
Yet no matter how "inflated" Black South Africans expectations may have been, the truth is that the vast majority of the poor are black. From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
Pure scientists want to learn the pure truth about the world, and I don't care a single bit whether someone finds these words "inflated". From Wordnik.com. [The Reference Frame] Reference
Nebraska's inflatable mascot, Lil 'Red, even looked more "inflated" than usual, what with all the fans present and a league-leading team. From Wordnik.com. [ESPNsoccernet] Reference
When the Fed injects more money into the system, then you have an 'inflated' money supply chasing the same number of goods in the market. From Wordnik.com. [Techdirt] Reference
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