as in messy
lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness
keeping a cluttered workshop makes it hard to find the right tool
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as in clogged
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as in disorganized
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Recent Examples of cluttered
Kristen Kidd, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
In May 2012, the site was cluttered with tractors and rusting farm equipment.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Real-world settings are often messy, characterized by cluttered floors, moving people, low lighting and unstructured layouts.
—Ashutosh Saxena, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Shop storage and organization deals, like this shoe organizer and this set of floating shelves to make your space cozy, not cluttered.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2025
However, there's a solid chance this backcourt becomes cluttered, and the Spurs are forced to move on from one of the stars in the near future.
—Anthony Pasciolla, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Using this pattern on just the one wall draws your eye to the bed instead of to my cluttered desk or cat supplies, effectively helping with the flow of the room.
—Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Aug. 2025
The intent includes moving its restaurants away from nostalgia-rich decor to something more contemporary and less cluttered.
—James Powel, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
Panthers make more room in cluttered receiving corps The Panthers entered Tuesday with plenty of work to do along their receiving corps.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
Through a succession of job changes, a don’t-open-the-mail approach to bill paying, abrupt moves to and from a string of increasingly cluttered abodes, Uhle recounts with humor and remarkable detail the unstable circumstances of her youth.
—Kristen Kidd, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
In May 2012, the site was cluttered with tractors and rusting farm equipment.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Real-world settings are often messy, characterized by cluttered floors, moving people, low lighting and unstructured layouts.
—Ashutosh Saxena, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Shop storage and organization deals, like this shoe organizer and this set of floating shelves to make your space cozy, not cluttered.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2025
However, there's a solid chance this backcourt becomes cluttered, and the Spurs are forced to move on from one of the stars in the near future.
—Anthony Pasciolla, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Using this pattern on just the one wall draws your eye to the bed instead of to my cluttered desk or cat supplies, effectively helping with the flow of the room.
—Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Aug. 2025
The intent includes moving its restaurants away from nostalgia-rich decor to something more contemporary and less cluttered.
—James Powel, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
Panthers make more room in cluttered receiving corps The Panthers entered Tuesday with plenty of work to do along their receiving corps.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cluttered
Adjective
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Depending on how things shake out in court, representation could get messy for west Charlotte’s City Council District 3.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Sep. 2025
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And that the wig was messy, but cute.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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There was also a case in which a foreign object, said to be a trashcan lid, clogged another drain.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Sep. 2025
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Back when Foster was winning medals for Great Britain as a long-distance runner — gold in the 1974 European Championships, bronze in the 1976 Olympic Games, gold at the 1978 Commonwealth Games — the streets were not clogged with joggers, which is strange to think of now.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This is a young and talented group with tremendous upside under a defensive coordinator who thrives off chaotic defensive lines.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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But everything about this first half offensively — save for one TD pass to Sutton — has felt unorganized and ineffective and chaotic.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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One recent Sunday evening, about 200 filled a Cincinnati church where preachers from several faith backgrounds urged them to demand his freedom.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Right now, the dwarf planet is passing in front of a region of the sky filled with stars.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Those aren’t just random words jumbled together to test your reading comprehension—they’re the outcome of recent brand collaborations with Liquid Death.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Cigarette butts are the most littered item on the planet.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The same goes for Germany, which is additionally burdened by an impossible housing situation, impenetrable bureaucracy, and a bad digital infrastructure.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Prince George is not being burdened by tremendous royal expectations, exposure and scrutiny.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The unease is muddled, and the characters seem less vulnerable as a result.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
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An internal review found that communication by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was muddled and inconsistent.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Cluttered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cluttered. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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