definition of
scattered

[1] #1 scattered s. occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space; "scattered showers"; "scattered villages". wn

[2] #2 scattered s. [confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, unconnected] lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts". wn