inflated figure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinflatedandfigure
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inflated
adjective
uk/ɪnˈfleɪ.tɪd/us/ɪnˈfleɪ.t̬ɪd/
Inflated prices, costs, numbers, etc. are higher than they should be, or higher than people think ...
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figure
noun[C]
uk/ˈfɪɡ.ər/us/ˈfɪɡ.jɚ/
the symbol for a number or an amount expressed ...
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(Definition ofinflatedandfigurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Instead of 3,000 processions, we shall be presented with a grosslyinflatedfigurethat does not reflect what is happening on the ground.
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Does it seem reasonable or is it seemingly aninflatedfigure?
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Without that allowance, the profits are a spurious andinflatedfigure.
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If we are told that compulsion is to be so very rarely exercised, how do you get this enormous andinflatedfigureof £180,000,000 to cover future purchase transactions?
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When this legislation was introduced, instead of providing a complete rationale with considerable information and copies of the report, it decided that it would produce yet anotherinflatedfigure.
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Such one-sided opinion and inflated figures justify and invite revenge by whichever party is portrayed as the victim.
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In the event, after all the inflated figures which had been given, rather fewer than 500 workers were discharged.
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Until it gets to the£80 level, one has no right to inquire into the frequently vastly inflated figures.
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In my view it was wrong to use those inflated figures to bolster support for this industrial relations order.
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Grave financial scandals, respectable ones perhaps, are lurking behind these inflated figures.
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We have made it clear that we shall not accept inflated figures.
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It should be noted that inflated figures for nursing staff in 1994 are not comparable with later years, due to a new classification system introduced in 1995 (see notes).
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One is inflation and the inflated figures, because it is no good giving absolute figures in a comparison: you have to give the deflated figures to get at your comparison.
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We all know the seriousness of this but it is wrong to bandy around inflated figures which do not give any proper concept of the problem.
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He did not go further—perhaps for reasons we can understand—to put the record straight in any positive sense, but he entered a protest against what he thought were inflated figures.
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It should be noted that inflated figures for nursing staff in 1994 are not comparable with later years, due to a new classification system introduced in 1995.
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The inflated figures that have been bandied around to create shock and horror take no account of the fact that the principle of contributory negligence was introduced in 1993.
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Why are they retaining these inflated figures?
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Nevertheless, obviously inflated figures continue to be repeated.
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