scattered


scattered (http://definr.com/scattered)

     adj 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" [syn: isolated, stray]
     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" [syn: strewn]
     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" [syn: confused, disconnected, disjointed,
        disordered, garbled, illogical, unconnected]