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adjective

Definition of litterednext
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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littered

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verb

past tense of litter
as in generated

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for littered
  1. messy
  2. generated
  3. chaotic
  4. spawned
  5. filthy
  6. confused
  7. sloppy
  8. tangled
Adjective
  • As someone who’s trying to clear out space on their bar cart, having a ton of bottles to make one drink isn’t fun and can also just be messy.
    Vulture Staff, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
  • In recent years, former top officials in NASA’s human-spaceflight program have taken jobs at SpaceX. In the meantime, though, more SpaceX flights—and more power for Musk—could be messy, or even dangerous.
    Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of messy
Verb
  • There’s a pure glee generated by the title’s fast and ferocious combat working in perfect harmony with its hellish visuals and sound design.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Our main concerns are identity authentication and ensuring that content generated on our platform is appropriate and in line with content guidelines.
    Quora, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of generated
Adjective
  • Fleetwood Mac somehow managed to merge their often chaotic and almost operatic personal lives into their own tale in real-time, which then became legend.
    Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 19 Nov. 2024
  • The snippets of him so far are entertainingly chaotic.
    Emma Soren, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of chaotic
Verb
  • SpaceX’s beefs with regulators over policies, timelines and recent environmental and safety violations have spawned broad speculation about when Starship could next fly from South Texas.
    Brandon Lingle, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The show also spawned a sequel series, All Grown Up, that ran for five seasons on the same network between 2003 and 2008 after a pilot movie in 2001.
    EW.com, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of spawned
Adjective
  • These dogs often come from cramped, filthy mills, without sufficient veterinary care, food, water or socialization.
    Lisa Bloch, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
  • The O’Haras happen to move in next door to him. Frothy and often filthy without being brainless (send thanks across the Atlantic for that good British dialogue), this is escapism done right.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of filthy
Adjective
  • Though a human would probably be able to figure out how to escape from a random room, even a highly mobile robot would get confused and waste time looking for doors in nonsensical places like the floors and ceiling.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The conversation left her confused and gutted — with dozens of questions that could take more than a year to resolve.
    Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of confused
Adjective
  • Not rotating cushions can lead to uneven use patterns—especially around the center of chairs or the edges of sofas—which can then make cushions look saggy, sloppy, or worn out.
    Rabekah Henderson, Southern Living, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Buffalo Bills 30, Indianapolis Colts 20: The Bills overcame an uncharacteristically sloppy performance from Josh Allen to push past the pesky Colts.
    Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2024
Definition of sloppy
Adjective
  • In this scenario, employees fill the vacuum of information with a tangled web of emotions around AI—most of them negative—and adoption is less likely to happen.
    Larry English, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
  • What happens when lines become tangled and communication breaks down entirely?
    Emma Madden, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2024
Definition of tangled
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littered

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