scatterbrained meaning

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scatterbrained (adjective): lacking sense or discretion.

scatterbrained has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

scatterbrained as an adjective

  1. lacking sense or discretion
    • his rattlebrained crackpot ideas
    • how rattlepated I am! I've forgotten what I came for

    Synonyms: rattlebrained, rattlepated, scatty

    Similar: foolish

  2. guided by whim and fancy
    • flighty young girls

    Synonyms: flighty, flyaway, head-in-the-clouds

    Similar: frivolous

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