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SCATTY

• SCATTY (adjective)
The adjective SCATTY has 2 senses:

1. lacking sense or discretion
2. lost in thought; showing preoccupation

Familiarity information: SCATTY used as an adjective is rare.

• SCATTY (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Lacking sense or discretion

Synonyms:

rattlebrained; rattlepated; scatterbrained; scatty

Context examples:

his rattlebrained crackpot ideas / how rattlepated I am! I've forgotten what I came for

Similar:

foolish (devoid of good sense or judgment)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Lost in thought; showing preoccupation

Synonyms:

absentminded; absent; abstracted; scatty

Context examples:

an absent stare / an absentminded professor / the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence

Similar:

inattentive (showing a lack of attention or care)

"Don't change horses in midstream."
(English proverb)
"Feed the goat to fill the pot."
(Albanian proverb)
"Wit is folly unless a wise man hath the keeping of it."
(Arabic proverb)
"The maquis has no eyes, but it sees all."
(Corsican proverb)

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