deflated

1. (figurative) Disappointed; depressed, especially after having been hopeful or in high spirits.Examples: "I sat down in the lounge at K.G. very deflated and also concerned."; "Our self-esteem is so low, our healthy ego so deflated, that we can't imagine having a life that is truly free."; "Hurt and disappointment are very deflated states to be in, with little energy to them."figuratively

2. (economics) Adjusted downward to compensate for inflation.Examples: "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."; "In general, the output measure used in calculating these indexes is based on a deflated value concept and is developed in the following way:"; "Output indexes are developed as a deflated value of production or physical quantity of production of an industry."

3. (economics) Suffering from deflation.Examples: "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."; "I am not talking about a deflated economy."; "Secondly, the cyclical expansion now taking shape in the United States is starting from a relatively high level; it has much less headroom than earlier expansions that began from a deeply deflated recession base."

4. (geoarchaeology) Subsided or compressed downward.Examples: "A deflated hearth, about 5 m² in area, lay on the northernmost section of the surface concentration."; "Located on a deflated sandy surface 100m east of Azariq I, this was apparently a small 40 m2, transitional Kebaran/Geometric Kebaran occupation which was largely destroyed by tracked vehicles following discovery."; "If more than one archaeological horizon was present in the dune prior to deflation, the artifacts from each horizon become mixed on the deflated surface."