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adjective

Definition of neatenednext
as in cleaned

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neatened

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verb

past tense of neaten
as in trimmed
to make neat neatened the living room in anticipation of company

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neatened
  1. trimmed
  2. organized
  3. arranged
  4. trim
  5. tidy
  6. orderly
  7. kempt
  8. uncluttered
Verb
  • There are also far too many songs in A Complete Unknown—most are profoundly affecting, but a few ought to have been strategically trimmed.
    Radhika Seth, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The hope is that NASA will use its limited budget to continue to fund this kind of research, but the worry is that as costs get trimmed with a focus on human exploration of the Moon and Mars, work that doesn’t have an obvious and immediate practical application will fall by the wayside.
    Georgina Torbet, The Verge, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of trimmed
Adjective
  • The result improved on the efficiency of previous packings, while making use of a novel approach: Rather than packing spheres in a nice, organized way, as Viazovska had done, the mathematicians used graph theory to pack spheres in a very disorderly fashion.
    Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
  • This combination meant that American workers became part of an organized, politically coherent working class majority.
    Stephanie Ternullo / Made by History, TIME, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of organized
Verb
  • Vehicle owners either waited while tasks were performed, or arranged to have rides until such work was completed.
    Bill Koenig, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • These are arranged in three groups of two, each of which is contained within a 4-mm-thick aluminum frame mounted on stainless steel telescoping tubing.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of arranged
Adjective
  • For 2025 the company added a new Black Edition trim, tested here, with 20-inch wheels, dark trim and welcome lighting with the Infiniti logo.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Unlike most of Filson’s offerings, the cut of this jacket is trim, short, and boxy.
    The Editors, Outside Online, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of trim
Adjective
  • The Golden Boy 5 Tips for Keeping Your House Clean With Pets Indeed, keeping the house clean and tidy as a pet owner is a major task by itself, never mind with a hyperactive puppy around.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The set also comes with an organizer to keep your cabinets tidy.
    Emily Farris, Bon Appétit, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of tidy
Adjective
  • What had formed on the narrow little patch of dirt in Albuquerque was a recapitulation of the most basic human instincts at the heart of ordinary everyday life; when faced with uncertainty and danger, people naturally cling together and form communities which become more complex and orderly.
    Roger Valdez, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Of course, Geragos also hoped the press would be orderly in talking to senior Menendez family members who testified today, but that civility collapsed pretty quickly as the cameras chased family members on the courthouse steps.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of orderly
Adjective
  • The creeping ivy of rap had crawled over their white picket fences, across their kempt green lawns, and around their Victorian homes, weakening the old walls between cultures.
    Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 5 June 2023
  • The whole place is well kempt.
    Amanda Walker, al, 15 Aug. 2020
Definition of kempt
Adjective
  • But there is indeed something that speaks to me: Their life is uncluttered.
    Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The living room was all white, spotless, and uncluttered with any visible books.
    Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of uncluttered
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