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What is the adjective for inflated?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb inflate which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

inflated
  1. Filled with air or fluid
  2. Expanded; in a state of inflation, of abnormally increased size, amount, etc.
  3. (economics): In a state of higher cost.
  4. (figuratively) Pompous; arrogant (of a person or ego)
  5. (figuratively) Containing excessive, meaningless words, particularly for show
  6. Higher that the true figure
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “His first design used a number of thin inflated tubes inside a leather cover.”
      “The purpose was to prevent unscrupulous creditors from using grossly inflated fees and charges to take advantage of unwitting customers.”
      “A report in the local journal would have its readers believe that Jennie stole the show, providing a greatly inflated description of her performance.”
inflationary
  1. Causing or liable to cause inflation.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The government's excessive printing of money resulted in an inflationary period, causing prices to skyrocket.”
      “However, it would also add to the inflationary pressures discussed below, by raising the cost of our imports.”
      “All the same, the article captured the essence of the new strains of unfolding inflationary pressures now taking hold.”
inflative
  1. (obsolete) Of an inflating quality or tendency.
inflating
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