inflated
adjective/ɪnˈfleɪtɪd/
/ɪnˈfleɪtɪd/
- (especially of prices) higher than is acceptable or reasonable
- inflated prices/salaries
Extra Examples- The prices of meals are often artificially inflated.
- Consumers are paying inflated prices for food.
- These figures are grossly inflated.
- company directors with inflated salaries
- (of ideas, claims, etc.) believing or claiming that somebody/something is more important or impressive than they really are
- He has an inflated sense of his own importance.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- greatly
- grossly
- hugely
- …
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