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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of clutter.
  • adjective Scattered with a disorderly mixture of objects; littered

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  • adjective filled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbish

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Examples

  • This technique is quite different from the prey detection style usually employed by vesper bats: a technique suited for short-range prey that are detected in cluttered habitats.

    Archive 2006-06-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • These bats use low wing loadings and low aspect ratios to practice slow, manoeuvrable flight as they glean for mostly terrestrial prey in cluttered habitats.

    Archive 2006-06-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • The resulting motion, which would resemble that of a real snake, would help the snakebot move safely in cluttered spaces.

    Boing Boing: January 12, 2003 - January 18, 2003 Archives 2003

  • Some folks may think it's "cluttered" - I think it's homey, personal, and very cohesive due to the restricted color palette (Black, Khaki, Taupe and Red) - and I love the patterned effect that the overhead lighting has on the space.

    Apartment Therapy Main Aaron Able 2010

  • Some folks may think it's "cluttered" - I think it's homey, personal, and very cohesive due to the restricted color palette (Black, Khaki, Taupe and Red) - and I love the patterned effect that the overhead lighting has on the space.

    Apartment Therapy Main Aaron Able 2010

  • Some folks may think it's "cluttered" - I think it's homey, personal, and very cohesive due to the restricted color palette (Black, Khaki, Taupe and Red) - and I love the patterned effect that the overhead lighting has on the space.

    Apartment Therapy Main Aaron Able 2010

  • The art tends to be cluttered, which is in keeping with the drastic mood swings of the characters — both sometimes have too much going on at once.

    Happy Cafe Books 1 and 2 » Manga Worth Reading 2010

  • The move is a U-turn from labels cluttered with specific claims like "easy pour spout" or "better tasting" to packaging that plays on the emotions.

    New! Improved! (and Very Old) Sarah Nassauer 2011

  • Research also finds that we are more effective at solving difficult problems when our minds are less cluttered, which is more likely to occur if we get our heads out of work -- for example, by taking a vacation.

    Judi Casey: Vacations -- Who Needs Them? 2009

  • "Buddie, dear," he said, "you're gettin 'cluttered up with a lot of bum ideas.

    The Second Chance 1910

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