Meaning of bloated In English

• 0 swollen and rounded because of containing too much air, liquid, or food:

  • a bloated stomach

  • a bloated (= uncomfortably full) feeling

• 1 larger or richer than necessary:

  • a bloated bureaucracy

  • a bloated capitalist

• 2 swollen from containing too much air, liquid, or food:

  • I feel bloated from having too much to eat.

• 3 a bloated organization employs too many people in relation to the amount of work that there is and therefore costs too much money to run:

  • He denies that he has created a bloated bureaucracy, employing almost 500 people.

• 4 a bloated amount of money is considered to be too large:

  • There has been criticism of the bloated bonuses awarded to "fat cat" bankers.

• 5 not effective because of using too much computer memory (= space for storing information):

  • We recommend simpler programs that can replace some common but bloated and expensive apps.