: overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc.
felt bloated from eating too much
a bloated body
—often used figuratively to describe something as having grown excessively largea bloated budget
a bloated bureaucracy
Examples of bloated in a Sentence
I felt bloated from eating too much.
a bloated sense of his own importance
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At the same time, Congress must rein in waste, fraud, and abuse, and reduce funding for bloated bureaucracies, duplicative programs, and initiatives that lack measurable outcomes.
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Rachel Royster
may 14, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
Her set was a triumph, in part because her energetic delivery injected life into the proceedings after the show had slipped into a monotonous rhythm halfway through its bloated, nearly three-hour runtime.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 12 May 2026
March Madness going from 68 to 76 teams represents a roughly 12% increase in teams added to the field, hardly a drop in the bucket for an already-bloated postseason tournament.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
This can be done by lowering the tax burden on citizens, especially young people, and making sure our state government does not become bloated and rife with fraud.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 8 May 2026
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Rachel Royster
may 14, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
Her set was a triumph, in part because her energetic delivery injected life into the proceedings after the show had slipped into a monotonous rhythm halfway through its bloated, nearly three-hour runtime.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 12 May 2026
March Madness going from 68 to 76 teams represents a roughly 12% increase in teams added to the field, hardly a drop in the bucket for an already-bloated postseason tournament.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
This can be done by lowering the tax burden on citizens, especially young people, and making sure our state government does not become bloated and rife with fraud.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 8 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for bloated
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“Bloated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloated. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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