scatterbrain
Americannoun
noun
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The recommendation says she was "a bit scatters" - a scatterbrain, in other words.
From BBC • Oct. 13, 2023
The youngest is something of a scatterbrain, picking up a piece of string here, a dead bird there.
From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2016
Our personalities meet in the middle with a balance of caprice and control: We play against type when it comes to writing, as the poet is the taskmaster and the military officer is the scatterbrain.
From Salon • May 25, 2015
I remember her as unassuming, unaffected, and bright, but mostly I remember that she paid and, wary of her accountant chiding her as a scatterbrain, tucked the receipt away in a vintage purse.
From Slate • Sep. 20, 2011
“I’m not the scatterbrain I was. You may trust me. I’m sober and sensible enough for anyone’s confidante now.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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