Clutter
noun
A messy collection of items scattered around.
I could hardly see the floor because of all the clutter in his room
Often appears as...
- clear out the clutter
- a pile of clutter
verb
To fill something in an untidy or badly organized way.
Don't clutter your mind with unnecessary information
Often appears as...
- clutter up the room
- clutter with papers
noun
Unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen.
The radar screen was full of clutter, making it difficult to identify the actual target
Often appears as...
- radar clutter
- reduce clutter
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Technical
verb
To fill or cover with scattered or disordered things that impede movement or reduce effectiveness.
You've cluttered up the desktop with too many useless icons
Often appears as...
- clutter the desktop
- clutter with icons
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A messy collection of items scattered around.
I could hardly see the floor because of all the clutter in his room
Often appears as...
- clear out the clutter
- a pile of clutter
verb
To fill something in an untidy or badly organized way.
Don't clutter your mind with unnecessary information
Often appears as...
- clutter up the room
- clutter with papers
noun
Unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen.
The radar screen was full of clutter, making it difficult to identify the actual target
Often appears as...
- radar clutter
- reduce clutter
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To fill or cover with scattered or disordered things that impede movement or reduce effectiveness.
You've cluttered up the desktop with too many useless icons
Often appears as...
- clutter the desktop
- clutter with icons
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Mess
Refers to visible disorganization, often causing stress or confusion.
Her workspace was a visual clutter of papers and books.
Pro Tip 2/3Spatial Reference
Implies physical space being taken over by too many items.
The garage was so full of clutter that there was no room for the car.
Pro Tip 3/3Cleaning Up
Often used to suggest the need to organize or dispose of excess items.
We spent the weekend clearing the clutter from our basement.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Mess
Refers to visible disorganization, often causing stress or confusion.
Her workspace was a visual clutter of papers and books.
Pro Tip 2/3Spatial Reference
Implies physical space being taken over by too many items.
The garage was so full of clutter that there was no room for the car.
Pro Tip 3/3Cleaning Up
Often used to suggest the need to organize or dispose of excess items.
We spent the weekend clearing the clutter from our basement.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Mess
Refers to visible disorganization, often causing stress or confusion.
Her workspace was a visual clutter of papers and books.
Pro Tip 2/3Spatial Reference
Implies physical space being taken over by too many items.
The garage was so full of clutter that there was no room for the car.
Pro Tip 3/3Cleaning Up
Often used to suggest the need to organize or dispose of excess items.
We spent the weekend clearing the clutter from our basement.
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How to spot a liar PIPE...
Five-year-olds lie outright. They manipulate via flattery. Nine-year-olds, masters of the cover-up. By the time you enter college, you're going to lie to your mom in one out of every five interactions. By the time we enter this work world and we're breadwinners, we enter a world that is just cluttered with Spam, fake digital friends,
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Let's clean up the space...
But these satellites that we rely on day in and day out have a finite life. They might run out of propellant, they could malfunction, or they may just naturally reach the end of their mission life. At this point, these satellites effectively become space junk, cluttering the orbital environment.
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A glimpse of the future...
And what I think we need to do as a community, is really try and make an effort to imagine how we can create this new reality in a way that extends the human experience, instead of gamifying our reality or cluttering it with digital information. And that's what I'm very passionate about.
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Deb Roy: The birth of a...
captured on film. And I really want you to focus on something as I take you through. It's a cluttered environment; it's natural life. My mother's in the kitchen, cooking, and, of all places, in the hallway, I realize he's about to do it, about to take more than two steps.
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Jonathan Haidt:...
but modern, secular society was built to satisfy our lower, profane selves. It's really comfortable down here on the lower level. Come, have a seat in my home entertainment center. One great challenge of modern life is to find the staircase amid all the clutter
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How Did the 'Unsinkable'...
owner thought having 64 lifeboats enough for everyone on board would make the ship look too cluttered this emphasis on elegance didn't stop with Titanic's outward appearance inside when top-notch luxuries the grand staircase running the height of six days
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Exodus, a new design...
a restore which improves the experience of the informal markets from micro to a macro scale so I then went to the markets actually again based on this model and identified issues that I wanted to improve such as shelter seating just a general clutter and
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The most groundbreaking...
overrule empirical, experimental evidence. His vision, uncluttered by speculation or rationalization, went deep. Steno had seen how gallstones form in wet organs by accretion. They obeyed molding principles he knew from the goldsmith trade,
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Sled Dogs: More Than...
when you're on the sled and you're going and it's just quiet and you can just hear the dogs running and like the little clutter of the buckles and the clicks I think that's the most peaceful
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Spider With Three Super...
essential if she is to distinguish her prey in all this clutter. Because her prey doesn't stray.
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How to spot a liar PIPE...
Five-year-olds lie outright. They manipulate via flattery. Nine-year-olds, masters of the cover-up. By the time you enter college, you're going to lie to your mom in one out of every five interactions. By the time we enter this work world and we're breadwinners, we enter a world that is just cluttered with Spam, fake digital friends,
Video examples
Let's clean up the space...
But these satellites that we rely on day in and day out have a finite life. They might run out of propellant, they could malfunction, or they may just naturally reach the end of their mission life. At this point, these satellites effectively become space junk, cluttering the orbital environment.
Video examples
A glimpse of the future...
And what I think we need to do as a community, is really try and make an effort to imagine how we can create this new reality in a way that extends the human experience, instead of gamifying our reality or cluttering it with digital information. And that's what I'm very passionate about.
Video examples
Deb Roy: The birth of a...
captured on film. And I really want you to focus on something as I take you through. It's a cluttered environment; it's natural life. My mother's in the kitchen, cooking, and, of all places, in the hallway, I realize he's about to do it, about to take more than two steps.
Video examples
Jonathan Haidt:...
but modern, secular society was built to satisfy our lower, profane selves. It's really comfortable down here on the lower level. Come, have a seat in my home entertainment center. One great challenge of modern life is to find the staircase amid all the clutter
Video examples
How Did the 'Unsinkable'...
owner thought having 64 lifeboats enough for everyone on board would make the ship look too cluttered this emphasis on elegance didn't stop with Titanic's outward appearance inside when top-notch luxuries the grand staircase running the height of six days
Video examples
Exodus, a new design...
a restore which improves the experience of the informal markets from micro to a macro scale so I then went to the markets actually again based on this model and identified issues that I wanted to improve such as shelter seating just a general clutter and
Video examples
The most groundbreaking...
overrule empirical, experimental evidence. His vision, uncluttered by speculation or rationalization, went deep. Steno had seen how gallstones form in wet organs by accretion. They obeyed molding principles he knew from the goldsmith trade,
Video examples
Sled Dogs: More Than...
when you're on the sled and you're going and it's just quiet and you can just hear the dogs running and like the little clutter of the buckles and the clicks I think that's the most peaceful
Video examples
Spider With Three Super...
essential if she is to distinguish her prey in all this clutter. Because her prey doesn't stray.
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Quote examples
Henry Winkler
American Actor
If you clear your mind, you can fill it with your character. If it is cluttered, if it is anxious, if you're thinking about your date, about your dinner, about filling your refrigerator, there's no room. There's no room for the character you're trying to build.
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Brian Ferneyhough
British Composer
If the work of art is to continue pursuing the vision of both being in and of the world but nevertheless in some fashion being more than just one more object to the mounting clutter, this is the specific point, I think, where this must be assured.
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Alexa Von Tobel
American Businesswoman
I am so organized that it's dysfunctional. Everything has a place. I am a very visual person, so my environment is important to me. If my environment is messy, I can't think clearly. I don't like clutter. A clean desk is a clean mind for me.
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David Lowery
American Director
The relationships I've had with animals are often some of the most profound. That's why you cry when a dog dies in a movie. The connection is so deep and so profound, and it isn't cluttered by humanity.
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Pooja Bedi
Indian Actress
I don't want to fill my life with clutter because when the right man comes along, there will be no space for him to fit in.
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Nell Zink
American Novelist
If you're going to clutter up the world with more novels, you should do a little more than entertain people.
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Kate Garraway
English Journalist
I realise, of course, that my cluttered existence is deeply unfashionable.
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Freddie Mercury
British Singer
I want to lead the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter.
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Martha Plimpton
American Model
I like cluttered, old, dark-wood antiques. I like character.
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Frank McCourt
Irish Author
The uncluttered life is the key to a good memory.
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Henry Winkler
American Actor
If you clear your mind, you can fill it with your character. If it is cluttered, if it is anxious, if you're thinking about your date, about your dinner, about filling your refrigerator, there's no room. There's no room for the character you're trying to build.
Quote examples
Brian Ferneyhough
British Composer
If the work of art is to continue pursuing the vision of both being in and of the world but nevertheless in some fashion being more than just one more object to the mounting clutter, this is the specific point, I think, where this must be assured.
Quote examples
Alexa Von Tobel
American Businesswoman
I am so organized that it's dysfunctional. Everything has a place. I am a very visual person, so my environment is important to me. If my environment is messy, I can't think clearly. I don't like clutter. A clean desk is a clean mind for me.
Quote examples
David Lowery
American Director
The relationships I've had with animals are often some of the most profound. That's why you cry when a dog dies in a movie. The connection is so deep and so profound, and it isn't cluttered by humanity.
Quote examples
Pooja Bedi
Indian Actress
I don't want to fill my life with clutter because when the right man comes along, there will be no space for him to fit in.
Quote examples
Nell Zink
American Novelist
If you're going to clutter up the world with more novels, you should do a little more than entertain people.
Quote examples
Kate Garraway
English Journalist
I realise, of course, that my cluttered existence is deeply unfashionable.
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Freddie Mercury
British Singer
I want to lead the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter.
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Martha Plimpton
American Model
I like cluttered, old, dark-wood antiques. I like character.
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Frank McCourt
Irish Author
The uncluttered life is the key to a good memory.
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