chartjunk

English

Etymology

From chart +‎ junk, coined by Edward Tufte in his 1983 book The Visual Display of Quantitative Information.

Noun

chartjunk (uncountable)

  1. Unnecessary or distracting visual elements included in charts and graphs.
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