scatterbrained
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Typical of the movie’s scatterbrained nature is the small drama it creates, then discards, about Guthrie’s past: He lived in Germany for years, though no one seems interested in whether this ended before the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
Admirers call the animal “Bullwinkle” or “Rutt,” the latter in homage to a scatterbrained moose from the movie “Brother Bear.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
Some are very organized, and some are scatterbrained.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2023
What I’m experiencing is often called “mommy brain”— the forgetful, foggy and scatterbrained feeling many pregnant women and new mothers experience.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 8, 2021
I feel something—an emotion I’ve been pushing down since the news—a deep sadness rearing its head over the scatterbrained mosaic that is my mind.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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