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  • adjective Having the qualities of a scatterbrain.
  • adjective absent-minded, forgetful, distractable.

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Examples

  • Now I really think the plot is sound, instead of scatterbrained, which is how I’ve felt it be as I’ve tried to write.

    I’ve now got an author’s page on Amazon! ewillett 2009

  • So the "scatterbrained" comes from the idea that I'm having trouble focusing on anything that doesn't have to do with writing, which is the single-mindedness.

    So anyway... 2009

  • A lot of people think ADD is just summed up as "scatterbrained" but really the hyperfocus stuff pretty much comes along with it, at least in the cases I'm familiar with.

    Ask MetaFilter wireless 2009

  • Maybe it's the constant consuming of all that wild life that makes her so scatterbrained. annie for Palin

    Palin steps down as Alaska governor 2009

  • I do not want him to be scatterbrained and lose things.

    Red Flags or Red Herrings? Susan Engel 2011

  • The speech itself was largely scatterbrained in presentation and didn't do much to raise morale.

    Archive 2009-04-01 2009

  • The speech itself was largely scatterbrained in presentation and didn't do much to raise morale.

    The week that was 2009

  • To Russian ears, this sounded about as scatterbrained as if Putin had announced he was flying to Washington to give Vice President Biden a boost vis-à-vis Obama.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • To Russian ears, this sounded about as scatterbrained as if Putin had announced he was flying to Washington to give Vice President Biden a boost vis-à-vis Obama.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • To Russian ears, this sounded about as scatterbrained as if Putin had announced he was flying to Washington to give Vice President Biden a boost vis-à-vis Obama.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

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