more well-scattered
ərd adjective
1.
distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
2.
dispersed; disorganized: scattered forces.
3.
distracted or disorganized: scattered thoughts.
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Word Origin & History
scatter
1154, possibly a northern Eng. variant of M.E. schateren (see shatter), reflecting Norse influence. Scatterbrain is first recorded 1790. Scattershot (adj.) is attested from 1961, fig. use of term for a kind of gun charge meant to broadcast the pellets when fired.
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Medical Dictionary
scatter scat·ter (skāt'ər)
v. scat·tered, scat·ter·ing, scat·ters
To cause to separate and go in different directions.
To separate and go in different directions; disperse.
To deflect radiation or particles.
The act of scattering or the condition of being scattered.
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