Meaning & use
Littered
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scattered carelessly or covered untidily with rubbish or scattered objects
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Fast food wrappers littered the sidewalk after the festival.
The battlefield was littered with debris long after the fighting ended.
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Often used with 'with,' as in 'littered with mistakes,' extending its meaning beyond physical trash to figurative clutter.
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