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Meanings of scatty in English

Lacking sense or discretion.

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Lost in thought; showing preoccupation.

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Examples for "scatterbrained"
Examples for "scatterbrained"
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That's something my blog was way too self-indulgent and scatterbrained to do.
Wired
2
And why must I be saddled with realistic, male, scatterbrained visual reactions?
Existence
3
The dream always left him low-spirited and a little scatterbrained the next day.
Hidden Warrior
4
But Mrs. Thornburgh, it was soon evident; was giving him but a scatterbrained attention.
Robert Elsmere
5
But Gregory thinks he's far too scatterbrained even for that.
Julian
1
Why, Jack, Jack, what a thoughtless, rattlebrained chap you are.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks / Book Number Fifteen...
2
Through a rattlebrained friend of theirs, one Nancy Spencer, they agree to take a boy from the Hopeton Orphanage.
Why the Chimes Rang: A Play in One Act
3
"Stop that bosh, you rattlebrained young ass, and come and take a farewell drink."
By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories
1
It isn't proper to be gadding about so late with a rattlepated boy like...
Little Women
Usage of scatty in English
1
Marvellously scatty at times, until it came to the acting.
The Irish Times
2
She does not have a scatty mind, even though that is the preferred characterisation.
The Guardian
3
A scatty blonde disrupts her best friend's wedding.
The Irish Times
4
I'm very scatty and I'm always thinking.
The South African
5
There was much scatty batting from England.
The Guardian
6
Keeping your mind on your key aims will help to counteract your scatty thoughts and help you focus.
The South African
7
He could be scatty and disorganised.
The Guardian
8
But there are certain things that drive me mad, daft, scatty, up the wall, and off the wall.
The Irish Times
9
Keeping a list of your plans near you will help to counteract your scatty thoughts and help you focus.
The South African
10
He has these moments against the spinners, which must drive coaches and colleagues scatty and can be misinterpreted as bravado.
The Guardian
11
New mums are accused of being a bit scatty, but hormones, in my view, have damn all to do with it.
The Irish Times
12
He had flown before, of course, flown many times on Krikkit until all the birdtalk had driven him scatty, but this was different.
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide
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Jim McLean was going scatty because I think he thought as well this would be our big chance to win the Scottish Cup.
The Guardian
14
In one late scene, the scatty Irene gives a raw insight into surviving grief, leaving Breda with admiration for her friend's courage and spirit.
The Guardian
15
But with Bastet as their ally, I simply don't know, Scatty answered.
The Alchemyst
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Scatty moved out of the shadows and fell into step beside him.
The Alchemyst
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Scatty through the time