: 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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The city of San Diego needs to trim the fat off its bloated bureaucracy.
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U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2025
In the early 2010s, Logitech struggled with a bloated product lineup and declining relevance in a rapidly shifting consumer tech landscape.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
In previous postseasons — many of which ended with disappointing early eliminations — the Dodgers would use one wide-body plane to shuttle players, coaches, executives, staff, broadcasters and other members of their bloated playoff traveling party from city to city.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
This is the Writer’s Draft, warts and all—which came in at a bloated 81 pages.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 May 2025
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U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2025
In the early 2010s, Logitech struggled with a bloated product lineup and declining relevance in a rapidly shifting consumer tech landscape.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
In previous postseasons — many of which ended with disappointing early eliminations — the Dodgers would use one wide-body plane to shuttle players, coaches, executives, staff, broadcasters and other members of their bloated playoff traveling party from city to city.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
This is the Writer’s Draft, warts and all—which came in at a bloated 81 pages.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 May 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 2 Jun. 2025.
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