: 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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When unions come into play, the budgets are bloated.
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 Mar. 2025
Trump, a Republican who returned to the White House in January, has said the executive branch of the U.S. government, which had about 2.3 million civilian employees as of September 2024, is bloated and inefficient.
—Jonathan Allen, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
Is a little college-level DOGE needed because universities have grown bloated by waste, fraud and anti-discrimination commitments, as DeSantis claims?
—Pat Beall, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2025
His face has grown bloated, and his skin has turned gray.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 Mar. 2025
Trump, a Republican who returned to the White House in January, has said the executive branch of the U.S. government, which had about 2.3 million civilian employees as of September 2024, is bloated and inefficient.
—Jonathan Allen, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
Is a little college-level DOGE needed because universities have grown bloated by waste, fraud and anti-discrimination commitments, as DeSantis claims?
—Pat Beall, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2025
His face has grown bloated, and his skin has turned gray.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Bloated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloated. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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