Scattered means spread about with no order. Scattered papers, scattered showers, scattered across the field.
In weather forecasting it is a defined term: scattered showers means rain covering between about a third and a half of the area, so most places get some and no place gets much. In ordinary use it means strewn without pattern. Of a person, scattered means unable to keep a train of thought. Note scatter as verb and noun; and scattergun, meaning indiscriminate.
1adjectivescatteredSpread about with no order.
“Her clothes were scattered all over the bedroom floor.”
2adjectivecoveringCovering part of an area, of weather.
“Scattered showers cover roughly a third of the region.”
scattered is a state of dispersal.
Practised in Directions & Position