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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cluttered, litteredadjective

    filled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbish

    "the storm left the drivewaylittered with sticks nd debris"; "his library was a cluttered room with piles of books on every chair"

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  1. litteredadjective

    Covered in litter

Wikipedia

  1. littered

    Litter consists of waste products that have been discarded incorrectly, without consent, at an unsuitable location. Litter can also be used as a verb; to litter means to drop and leave objects, often man-made, such as aluminum cans, paper cups, food wrappers, cardboard boxes or plastic bottles on the ground, and leave them there indefinitely or for other people to dispose of as opposed to disposing of them correctly. Large and hazardous items of rubbish such as tires, electrical appliances, electronics, batteries and large industrial containers are sometimes dumped in isolated locations, such as national forests and other public lands. It is a human impact on the environment and remains a serious environmental problem in many countries. Litter can exist in the environment for long periods of time before decomposition and be transported over large distances into the world's oceans. Litter can affect the quality of life. Cigarette butts are the most littered item in the world, with 4.5 trillion discarded each year. Estimates on the required time for cigarette butts to break down vary, ranging from five years to 400 years for complete degradation.

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  1. littered

    Littered refers to the state of being scattered or spread with various objects, debris, or waste in an untidy, random, or undesirable manner. It typically refers to materials that have been disposed of improperly and without consent in an outdoor environment. It can also refer to an excessive or disorganized presence of a certain item or occurrence within a specific context.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Littered

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of littered in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of littered in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of littered in a Sentence

  1. Enoch Powell:

    History is littered with the wars which everybody knew would never happen.

  2. Alec Ewing:

    The waters surrounding Texel are littered with shipwrecks, and we expect that divers will always be on the lookout, these other wrecks, mostly Dutch merchant vessels from the 17th and 18th centuries, are invaluable treasure troves for learning more about history and heritage as well. We definitely expect that one or more new wrecks will be spotted over the coming year.

  3. Bryan Stevenson:

    The South is littered with monuments for the Civil War, but we haven’t looked at the great evil of slavery. Its aftermath morphed into terrorism of lynching.

  4. Malcolm Reiman:

    You would walk down the subway steps every day, and all you could smell was urine; it was littered with muggers and mentally-ill people everywhere, subways were truly terrifying places.

  5. Hassan Umar:

    It was an eyesore looking at the scene which is littered with chopped flesh and battered bodies of victims, about 16 bodies were evacuated from the scene while over 30 persons were injured. Most casualties were children hawking sachets of water and peanuts. Some were begging for alms.

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