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scatty
adjective
lost in thought; showing preoccupation
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 6
- Starts with
- S
- Ends with
- Y
- Contains
- CATT
- Scrabble score
- 11
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
Meaning
Definitions
adjective
lost in thought; showing preoccupation
“an absent stare”
adjective
lacking sense or discretion
“his rattlebrained crackpot ideas”
In context
Example Sentences
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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