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scatty
adjective
Lost in thought; showing preoccupation
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adjective
Lost in thought; showing preoccupation
“An absent stare”
adjective
Lacking sense or discretion
“His rattlebrained crackpot ideas”
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An absent stare
An absentminded professor
The scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence
His rattlebrained crackpot ideas
{'source': 'Glenway Westcott', 'text': "how rattlepated I am! I've forgotten what I came for"}
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