Adjective
1. occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space;
"scattered showers""scattered villages"2. not close together in time;
"isolated instances of rebellion""scattered fire""a stray bullet grazed his thigh"3. being distributed here and there without order;
"scattered leaves littered the sidewalk""don't forget to pick up the clothes lying strewn all over the floor"4. lacking orderly continuity;
"a confused set of instructions""a confused dream about the end of the world""disconnected fragments of a story""scattered thoughts"