Deflated Meaning
/dɪˈfleɪtɪd/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
Listen pronunciation
Definition
adjEmpty of all the air or gas that was or could be inside.
"While, of course it is not advisable to run on a deflated tire, tests have been made which showed that this type of tire was not damaged after it was running several miles."— 1924 August 1, “The Drop-Center Rim”, in Automobile Trade Journal, volume 29, number 2, page 45:
adjDisappointed; depressed, especially after having been hopeful or in high spirits.
"I sat down in the lounge at K.G. very deflated and also concerned."— 2013, Irene Taylor, The Chateau:
adjReduced or lowered.
"Instead, a terrific escalation of corporate rivalries was combined with a deflated power medium and an exceedingly inflated influence medium, particularly in the area of purely technical expertise."— 1976, Jan J. Loubser, Explorations in General Theory in Social Science, page 602:
adjAdjusted downward to compensate for inflation.
"Among these relationships are the correlation for the years 1923-40 of personal saving and disposable personal income in current dollars, the correlation of deflated per capita saving with deflated per capita income, the correlation of saving with income and accumulated liquid assets on a deflated per capita basis, the correlation of deflated per capita saving with income and a cyclical variable such as the ratio of current to past peak income, and the correlation of the ratio of saving to income with a cyclical variable alone."— 1949 September, Irwin Friend, “Personal Saving in the Postwar Period”, in Survey of Current Business, volume 29, number 9:
adjSuffering from deflation.
"The result is striking: durables unfilled orders fell almost continuously from the beginning of 1947 until the end of the recession, and there was only a submerged second cycle in the deflated purchased-materials investment series."— 1961, Inventory Fluctuations and Economic Stabilization:
adjSubsided or compressed downward.
"A deflated hearth, about 5 m² in area, lay on the northernmost section of the surface concentration."— 1986, Fred Wendorf, Romuald Schild, Angela E. Close, Late Paleolithic Archaeology, page 365:
verbsimple past and past participle of deflate
Sentence Examples
The balloon deflated quickly.
The balloon is almost completely deflated.
Someone deflated all the wheels on Tom's car.
CEFR Practice Quiz
After losing the game, the team felt completely ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The balloon ____ quickly.
Explore More C1 Vocabulary Words
CEFR Practice Quiz
After losing the game, the team felt completely ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The balloon ____ quickly.