Definition of scatered
1. scattered [ a ] occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space
Examples:
"scattered showers"
"scattered villages"
(J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)
Splenomegaly was first noted in 1956 , and a sternal marrow biopsy at that time showed `` scattered foci of fibrosis '' suggestive_of myelofibrosis .
(Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)
Religion at its best is out in_front , ever beckoning and leading_on , and , as Lippman put it , `` mobilizing all man 's scattered energies in one triumphant sense of his own infinite importance '' .
(Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)
When Kate hurried in alarm to tell him to put it out , she saw other dots of flames among the western Virginia hills from the few scattered fires of the faithful .
(Richard Ferber, Bitter Valley....)
She glanced around the clearing , taking_in the wagon and the load of supplies and trappings scattered over the ground , the two kids , the whiteface bull that was chewing its cud just within the far reaches of the firelight .
Synonyms scattered Related Terms distributed2. scattered [ a ] not close together in time
Examples:
"isolated instances of rebellion"
"scattered fire"
"a stray bullet grazed his thigh"
(The Sun, [Baltimore],...)
Over the first five frames , Jack_Fisher , the big righthander who figures to be in_the_middle of Oriole plans for a drive on the 1961 American_League pennant , held the A 's scoreless while yielding three scattered hits .
Synonyms isolated stray scattered Related Terms sporadic3. scattered [ a ] being distributed here and there without order
Examples:
"scattered leaves littered the sidewalk"
"don't forget to pick up the clothes lying strewn all over the floor"
4. scattered [ a ] lacking orderly continuity
Examples:
"a confused set of instructions"
"a confused dream about the end of the world"
"disconnected fragments of a story"
"scattered thoughts"
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