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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space;
- Example: "scattered showers"
- Example: "scattered villages"

2. lacking orderly continuity;
- Example: "a confused set of instructions"
- Example: "a confused dream about the end of the world"
- Example: "disconnected fragments of a story"
- Example: "scattered thoughts"
[syn: confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scattered \Scat"tered\, a.
   1. Dispersed; dissipated; sprinkled, or loosely spread.
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   2. (Bot.) Irregular in position; having no regular order; as,
      scattered leaves.
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      Scat"tered*ness, n.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scatter \Scat"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scattered; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Scattering.] [OE. scateren. See Shatter.]
   1. To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely;
      to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or
      sparse order.
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            And some are scattered all the floor about.
                                                  --Chaucer.
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            Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains,
            Their scattered cottages, and ample plains?
                                                  --Dryden.
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            Teach the glad hours to scatter, as they fly,
            Soft quiet, gentle love, and endless joy. --Prior.
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   2. To cause to separate in different directions; to reduce
      from a close or compact to a loose or broken order; to
      dissipate; to disperse.
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            Scatter and disperse the giddy Goths. --Shak.
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   3. Hence, to frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow; as, to
      scatter hopes, plans, or the like.
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   Syn: To disperse; dissipate; spread; strew.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

scattered
    adj 1: occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular
           intervals in time or space; "scattered showers";
           "scattered villages"
    2: lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions";
       "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected
       fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts" [syn: confused,
       disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled,
       illogical, scattered, unconnected]