scattered

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scattered

  • /ˈskætɚd/ US
  • /ˈskætəd/ UK

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of scatter

adjective more scattered · most scattered

  1. Dispersed, spread apart into disunited units. scattered applause
  2. Seemingly randomly distributed. There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly
  3. Covering three eighths to four eighths of the sky.
  4. Affecting 30 percent to 50 percent of a forecast zone. Scattered showers.

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