Usually means: Easily distracted, disorganized in thoughts.
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  1. scatterbrained: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. scatterbrained: Merriam-Webster
  3. scatterbrained: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. scatterbrained: Collins English Dictionary
  5. scatterbrained: Vocabulary.com
  6. scatterbrained: Wordnik
  7. scatterbrained: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. scatterbrained: Wiktionary
  9. scatterbrained: Dictionary.com
  10. scatterbrained: Rhymezone
  11. scatterbrained: FreeDictionary.org
  12. scatterbrained: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. scatterbrained: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. scatterbrained: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Having the qualities of a scatterbrain: absent-minded, forgetful, easily distracted.

Similar:
foolish, rattlepated, rattlebrained, flighty, scatty, irresponsible, head-in-the-clouds, scatter-brained, harebrained, feather-brained, more...

Opposite:
organized, focused, methodical, systematic

Types:
absent-minded, ditzy, ditz, ditzy blonde, blonde, blonde bombshell, more...



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Similar:
foolish, rattlepated, rattlebrained, flighty, scatty, irresponsible, head-in-the-clouds, scatter-brained, harebrained, feather-brained, more...

Opposite:
organized, focused, methodical, systematic

Types:
absent-minded, ditzy, ditz, ditzy blonde, blonde, blonde bombshell, more...



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