cluttersome

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From clutter +‎ -some.

Adjective[edit]

cluttersome (comparative more cluttersome, superlative most cluttersome)

  1. Characterised or marked by clutter
    • 1996, Mark Hertzog, The Lavender Vote:
      Endless repetition of the term "lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals” would be cluttersome.
    • 2001, Martin L. West, Studies in the Text and Transmission of the Iliad:
      [...] anything up to ten papyri may have to be cited for a given reading – this has become too cluttersome.
    • 2014, Jonathan Follett, Designing for Emerging Technologies:
      That would only be a cluttersome distraction; instead, visual feedback is limited to indicating which couplers are active.
    • 2014, Donald Barthelme, The Dead Father:
      Of course it's entirely up to you, he said. If you wish to leave your affairs in rotten mishmashy cluttersome disarray . . .

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