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