Scattered

a.	1.	Dispersed; dissipated; sprinkled, or loosely spread.
	2.	(Bot.) Irregular in position; having no regular order; as, scattered leaves.

Adj.	1.	scattered - occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space; "scattered showers"; "scattered villages"
	2.	scattered - not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "scattered fire"; "a stray bullet grazed his thigh" Synonyms: isolated, stray
	3.	scattered - being distributed here and there without order; "scattered leaves littered the sidewalk"; "don't forget to pick up the clothes lying strewn all over the floor" Synonyms: strewn
	4.	scattered - lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts" Synonyms: disjointed, garbled, illogical, disordered, confused, unconnected, disconnected

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