litter
noun
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
littered
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past participleof litter.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof litter.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
litternounobjects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
Example Sentences
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The highway heading north along the country’s Mediterranean coastline has been littered with campaign billboards in a recognizable Israeli blue for weeks.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
The coast of southern Turkey is littered with ancient shipwrecks.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
Somehow the burst only caused minor scratches on his floor, he said, but his entire neighborhood was littered with blown trash cans and stray tree limbs, not to mention the severe damage to the course.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
"The industry is littered with these examples of fantastic technologies and teams that do brave things that take decades," Mummery says.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Hector tosses the powder-covered handkerchief onto a table littered with brushes and tins of greasepaint.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
