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Etymology

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scatter +‎ -y

Adjective

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scattery (comparative more scattery, superlative most scattery)

  1. 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.