cluttered

US/ˈklʌtɚd/

adjectiveB2Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,860 of 15,258neutral

Cluttered means crowded with things there is no room for. A cluttered desk, cluttered and cramped, a cluttered page.

It describes disorder produced by too much rather than by mess — a cluttered room may be perfectly tidy and still unbearable. In design, a cluttered page has too many elements competing, and removing things is the fix. Note clutter, which is a variant of clotter, meaning to form clots.

Definitions of cluttered

1adjectiveclutteredCrowded with things there is no room for.B2
“Her desk was so cluttered with papers that she couldn't find her keys.”

cluttered is a quality of crowding.

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cluttered in the wild

Accumulation of possessions results in living spaces becoming cluttered to the point that their use or safety is compromised.
Hoarding disorder
A page full of text or graphics with very little white space may appear cluttered, and be difficult to read.
White space (visual arts)
Like the others in this series, this painting depicts a room cluttered with objects in a surreal arrangement.
Metaphysical Interior with Biscuits
Like the other works in this series it depicts a small room cluttered with surreal objects.
Metaphysical Interior with Large Factory
The widget hides non-essential settings or information and thus makes the dialog less cluttered.
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