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overcluttered

overcluttered adjective: excessively cluttered. Also the simple past and past participle of overclutter.

Adjective

overcluttered (comparative more overcluttered, superlative most overcluttered)

  1. Excessively cluttered
    • But as the Collyers isolate themselves from the world and retreat to their monstrously overcluttered house, the narrative stutters and stalls. Mr. Doctorow never succeeds in making the brothers’ transition from mild eccentricity to out-and-out madness understandable to the reader.2009 September 1, Michiko Kakutani, “How Did They End Up That Way?”, in New York Times

Also used as

overcluttered is also the simple past and past participle of overclutter.

Forms of overcluttered

comparativemore overcluttered
superlativemost overcluttered

Questions about overcluttered

What does overcluttered mean?
Overcluttered means excessively cluttered.
What part of speech is overcluttered?
Overcluttered is an adjective.

Words near overcluttered in the dictionary

  1. overclubs
  2. overclustered
  3. overclustering
  4. overclusterings
  5. overclutter
  6. overcluttered
  7. overcluttering
  8. overclutters
  9. overcoach
  10. overcoached
  11. overcoaches

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