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SCATTERBRAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scatterbrain mean? 

SCATTERBRAIN (noun)
  The noun SCATTERBRAIN has 1 sense:

1. a flighty and disorganized personplay

  Familiarity information: SCATTERBRAIN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SCATTERBRAIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A flighty and disorganized person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

forgetful person; scatterbrain

Hypernyms ("scatterbrain" is a kind of...):

simple; simpleton (a person lacking intelligence or common sense)


 Context examples 


I'm not the scatterbrain I was.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)



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