[
UK
/lˈɪtəd/
]
[ US /ˈɫɪtɝd/ ]
[ US /ˈɫɪtɝd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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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
How To Use littered In A Sentence
- The jar tipped over, and hundreds of wooden clacks could be heard as the pencils littered the ground.
- In September, return visitors to an Edinburgh guesthouse said it was time to ‘rethink the three-star rating’, complaining that the linens were ‘soiled’ and the carpet was littered with ‘crumbs and dustballs’.
- The nearby street was littered with shattered vehicles, pieces of glass, bricks, mangled steel and scraps of clothing.
- Dirty clothes littered the floor of her bedroom.
- The small piece of gold glittered brightly in the moonlight, setting off the red ruby it encircled.
- An adjoining room is littered with mementos of more recent island history: a rack of antlers, a rusty plow, and an old dentist's chair.
- The area is still littered with landmines and unexploded ordnance.
- It ended with bodies of soldiers littered in front of us, adorned with vivid flowers. Times, Sunday Times
- History is littered with despots and psychopaths, murderous dullards, evil geniuses, deadly incompetents, calamitous brutes of all descriptions.
- It has an untamed feel, having been largely unmanaged for many decades and it's littered with old wood and falling trees, a perfect habitat for these invisible workers.