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cluttersome en · ADJ

Etymology

From clutter + -some.

Meanings

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

Forms

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more cluttersome Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most cluttersome Degree=Sup lexicographic

Synonyms

clutterous