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

I confess it was more than a little jarring to see my beloved scatterbrained Mrs. Oliver turned into Fey’s stylish, fast-talking writer on the make.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2023

It is, however, a bewildering, essentially scatterbrained kind of business, expanding steadily without being planned or run by anyone in particular.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas