: 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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Never Enough never feels bloated or overly ambitious; in this fable, Icarus flies away.
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Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 13 July 2025
While Federal assistance was always intended to supplement state actions, not replace those actions, FEMA's outsized role created a bloated bureaucracy that disincentivized state investment in their own resilience.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025
Cyber Risk Committees Quickly Lose Momentum As Boredom Kicks In
Most cybersecurity governance committees quickly lose momentum, with executives overwhelmed by bloated agendas and dense PowerPoint slides that leave very little room for active collaboration.
—Phillimon Zongo, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
The law increases the tax to 8% on the near-trillion dollars of bloated university endowments — money that was never taxed.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 9 July 2025
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Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 13 July 2025
While Federal assistance was always intended to supplement state actions, not replace those actions, FEMA's outsized role created a bloated bureaucracy that disincentivized state investment in their own resilience.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025
Cyber Risk Committees Quickly Lose Momentum As Boredom Kicks In
Most cybersecurity governance committees quickly lose momentum, with executives overwhelmed by bloated agendas and dense PowerPoint slides that leave very little room for active collaboration.
—Phillimon Zongo, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
The law increases the tax to 8% on the near-trillion dollars of bloated university endowments — money that was never taxed.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 9 July 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 6 Aug. 2025.
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