: 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
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I felt bloated from eating too much.
a bloated sense of his own importance
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When Scharf assumed the CEO role in 2019, Wells Fargo had one of the most bloated expense bases out of all the big banks.
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Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
Moreover, be mindful of the risk of becoming bloated like some legacy software solutions.
—Ayesha Mahmood, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
So the winners, chosen from a bloated set of nominees, will have a prime-time moment to shine and promote their films, which isn’t nothing as movies for grown-ups are still facing an uphill climb at the box office.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Forget the bloated and ideologically fraught university system.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
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Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
Moreover, be mindful of the risk of becoming bloated like some legacy software solutions.
—Ayesha Mahmood, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
So the winners, chosen from a bloated set of nominees, will have a prime-time moment to shine and promote their films, which isn’t nothing as movies for grown-ups are still facing an uphill climb at the box office.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Forget the bloated and ideologically fraught university system.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Bloated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloated. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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