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noun

Definition of clutternext
1
as in jumble
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things a scrapbook that was a clutter of snapshots, diary entries, letters, and newspaper clippings

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2
as in commotion
chiefly dialect a state of noisy, confused activity the clutter created by the exhibitors setting up for the annual state fair

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clutter

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verb

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as in to burden

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2
as in to disarray

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Recent Examples of clutter
Noun
The dirty floor was barely visible beneath the immense clutter of half-broken furniture; utensils and cooking appliances were streaked with saucy refuse; and people were packed together, yelling as if there weren’t just two centimeters of void between them. — Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025 Who even knows with all the clutter from TNT, Kevin Harr, and the 146 commercials? — Joe Vardon, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
Verb
Hundreds of unauthorized copies soon cluttered his house. — Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025 Producers presented the story in exciting new ways while also not cluttering the game with too many idols, advantages, bells, and whistles. — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for clutter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clutter
  1. jumble
  2. commotion
  3. burden
  4. disarray
  5. variety
  6. disturbance
  7. pile
  8. muddle
Noun
  • Instead, voters themselves are jumbles of competing and sometimes contradictory interests.
    — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Baker also leads the orchestra, which sounds grand — although the sound in the arts center’s Pugh Theater often left musicians, lead singers and chorus all at the same level, with actors speaking over all of it at the same time to create a sonic jumble.
    — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
Definition of jumble
Noun
  • Pilots heard the commotion and turned the flight around back to Savannah, police said.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Naturally, this means that even something as small as a new shade of Pocket Blush is bound to cause tons of commotion—and spoiler alert, that’s exactly what happened after Hailey’s recent date night routine.
    — Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of commotion
Verb
  • Woke teachers' unions have infected classrooms with radical gender ideology, burdened teachers and staff with DEI policies, and deliberately excluded parents from notification and informed consent concerning the most intimate details of their children's lives.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
  • More than 63 percent of renters in Little Haiti are cost burdened.
    — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of burden
Verb
  • The film’s most trenchant scenes involve Gere in states of repose or regret or nostalgia, especially when psychically disarrayed in a chair with a camera facing toward him, wondering what, for example, desire smells like.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Seen in a video that moves through the abandoned and disarrayed hallways of the pediatric intensive care unit at Al-Nasr Children’s Hospital in northern Gaza were several babies whose unattended bodies lay on separate hospital beds.
    — Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2023
Definition of disarray
Noun
  • He's written dozens of profiles of entrepreneurs across a variety of fields and done deep dives into technological trends from superconductors to space travel to pharmaceuticals.
    — Alex Knapp, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Beers and ciders on tap at Belmont lean heavily toward local and regional, and the variety is well-curated.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of variety
Noun
  • The source of the disturbance was just over a mile deep, experts say.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 14 Mar. 2025
  • According to a spokesman from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, which investigated the shooting, Independence police responded to a disturbance around 8 p.m. at a home in the 800 block of E. College Street in Independence.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of disturbance
Verb
  • Locals said the bodies were piled into mass graves near the village’s Alawite shrine.
    — Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Whether it’s served with cabbage, piled high on rye, or crisped up in a skillet, corned beef remains a symbol of Irish-American resilience, celebration, and good eating.
    — Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of pile
Verb
  • The lack of clarity over strategy would be a concern for Hamilton, given Ferrari have developed an unhealthy reputation for muddling their decisions over the past few seasons.
    — Dan Cancian, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Certainly, McKinney is trying to provoke; she may also be muddled.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
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