: 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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By contrast, Applebee’s and IHOP have bloated menus, outdated technology, and inconsistent execution.
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Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
This mission, called Mars Sample Return, has been on hold for nearly two years after an independent analysis found that NASA's bloated plan would cost at least $8 billion to $11 billion.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
The story ends up on-rails and the stakes seem smaller than ever, despite a bloated, franchise-high runtime.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Those bloated standing ovations, the ones the trades breathlessly cover with their stopwatches, happen at the latter.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
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Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
This mission, called Mars Sample Return, has been on hold for nearly two years after an independent analysis found that NASA's bloated plan would cost at least $8 billion to $11 billion.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
The story ends up on-rails and the stakes seem smaller than ever, despite a bloated, franchise-high runtime.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Those bloated standing ovations, the ones the trades breathlessly cover with their stopwatches, happen at the latter.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
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 16 Sep. 2025.
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