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scatter
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scattery
(
comparative
more
scattery
,
superlative
most
scattery
)
Tending to
scatter
or be scattered; loose,
ragtag
.
2007
December 25, Richard Eder, “Zap! Make the Interview Part Jig, Part Bullfight”, in
New York Times
[1]
:
For one thing, the speakers are writers, their subject literature, and art is proverbially long, and life short and
scattery
.
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