inflated
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bloated, exaggerated, hyperbolized, outsize (also outsized), overblown, overdrawn, overweening
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In some cases, the culprit is an inflated sense of self-worth. — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, "Hotline newsletter: NBA Draft results in six Pac-12 players selected and six early-entries shunned," 21 June 2019 Faced with inconvenient budget estimates from independent analysts, Republicans recycle the same playbook: attack the referees, credulously cite the inflated forecasts of their own hacks-for-hire, then act surprised when reality comes up short. — Catherine Rampell, The Denver Post, "Rampell: A Republican finally reveals the truth about the GOP tax cuts," 16 June 2019 In the 1960s, a Cold War climate and an inflated budget — at its peak, the NASA budget was more than 4% of the federal budget when today it’s less than 1% — catapulted America to the moon. — Chabeli Herrera, orlandosentinel.com, "NASA estimates its lunar landing mission will cost up to $30 billion over the next 5 years," 13 June 2019 The South Korean auto makers, which blamed the inflated ratings on testing errors, eventually agreed in 2014 to pay nearly $700 million in federal fines and class-action lawsuits. — Mike Colias, WSJ, "Ford Investigating Its Emissions Testing After Employees Raised Concerns," 21 Feb. 2019 The false returns usually reported inflated income from a sole proprietorship and claimed fictitious dependents to generate an Earned Income Tax Credit — which is a refund for working families with low- to moderate-incomes. — Michael Brice-saddler, Washington Post, "Oxon Hill man gets prison time in tax refund scheme," 18 June 2018 But when a car hits an inflated airbag, the impact force is spread through the airbag and along the length of the vehicle's side structure, which reduces energy loads. — Matthew Jancer, Popular Mechanics, "Your Next Car Could Have Airbags That Inflate on the Outside," 15 Feb. 2019 Car tabs are a significant source of revenue for Sound Transit, which uses an inflated formula approved by the state Legislature to determine the value of vehicles and how much drivers pay for car tabs. — Heidi Groover, The Seattle Times, "Car-tab fees, new transportation package on Washington state lawmakers’ agenda," 28 Jan. 2019 Many investors feared homeowners who had paid top dollar before the bust or borrowed against properties at inflated values would soon default. — Ryan Dezember, WSJ, "A Hedge Fund Makes Billions Off Americans’ Underwater Mortgages," 25 Dec. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'inflated.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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