inflated
adjective
in·flat·ed
in-ˈflā-təd 
1
: distended with air or gas
2
: expanded to an abnormal or unjustifiable volume or level
inflated prices
3
: elaborated or heightened by artificial or empty means
an inflated style of writing
4
: being hollow and enlarged or distended
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a writer with an inflated reputation
an inflated style of writing
She objects to the inflated salaries that many professional athletes now receive.
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Unless the Top-Tier VC funds can create more unicorns or sell more of their mediocre ventures as strategic sales to corporations at inflated prices, their strategy may be at risk of failing.
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Dileep Rao, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
An inflated sense of humans’ capacity to control AI can, in fact, exacerbate the very risks that critics fear.
—Sebastian Elbaum, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2024
Otherwise, this is a sweet screen for hundreds less than its inflated launch price.
—Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 3 Dec. 2024
But in interviews, Homan and other top Republicans have shared contradictory and inflated figures about the overall number of noncitizens who Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials say fall into this category.
—Laura Doan, CBS News, 29 Nov. 2024
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Dileep Rao, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
An inflated sense of humans’ capacity to control AI can, in fact, exacerbate the very risks that critics fear.
—Sebastian Elbaum, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2024
Otherwise, this is a sweet screen for hundreds less than its inflated launch price.
—Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 3 Dec. 2024
But in interviews, Homan and other top Republicans have shared contradictory and inflated figures about the overall number of noncitizens who Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials say fall into this category.
—Laura Doan, CBS News, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Inflated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inflated. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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