Meaning

1 senses
  1. Having the qualities of a scatterbrain: absent-minded, forgetful, easily distracted.

    nachlässig, vergesslich

    рассе́янныйrasséjannyj, легкомы́сленныйlexkomýslennyj, мозги́ набекре́ньmozgí nabekrénʹ

More definitions
  • lacking sense or discretion
  • guided by whim and fancy

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Tom is scatterbrained.

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  2. Has Tom always been this scatterbrained?

    ruТом всегда был таким рассеянным?

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  3. If you weren't so scatterbrained, you wouldn't always fall for the same trick.

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  4. Tom is a bit scatterbrained.

    ruТом немного рассеянный.

    deTom ist etwas schusselig.

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  5. Mary is a bit scatterbrained.

    ruМэри немного рассеянная.

    deMaria ist ein kleiner Wirrkopf.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
having the qualities of scatterbrain:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
having the qualities of scatterbrain:

Origin

From scatter + brained.

From scatter + brained.

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Forms

more scatterbrained, most scatterbrained

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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