Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scattered \Scat"tered\, a.
   1. Dispersed; dissipated; sprinkled, or loosely spread.

   2. (Bot.) Irregular in position; having no regular order; as,
      scattered leaves. -- {Scat"tered*ly}, adv. --
      {Scat"tered*ness}, n.

Scatter \Scat"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scattered}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Scattering}.] [OE. scateren. See {Shatter}.]
   1. To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely;
      to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or
      sparse order.

            And some are scattered all the floor about.
                                                  --Chaucer.

            Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains, Their
            scattered cottages, and ample plains? --Dryden.

            Teach the glad hours to scatter, as they fly, Soft
            quiet, gentle love, and endless joy.  --Prior.

   2. To cause to separate in different directions; to reduce
      from a close or compact to a loose or broken order; to
      dissipate; to disperse.

            Scatter and disperse the giddy Goths. --Shak.

   3. Hence, to frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow; as, to
      scatter hopes, plans, or the like.

   Syn: To disperse; dissipate; spread; strew.

Source : WordNet®

scattered
     adj 1: occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular
            intervals in time or space; "scattered showers";
            "scattered villages"
     2: not close together in time; "isolated instances of
        rebellion"; "scattered fire"; "a stray bullet grazed his
        thigh" [syn: {isolated}, {stray}]
     3: being distributed here and there without order; "scattered
        leaves littered the sidewalk"; "don't forget to pick up
        the clothes lying strewn all over the floor" [syn: {strewn}]
     4: lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of
        instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the
        world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered
        thoughts" [syn: {confused}, {disconnected}, {disjointed},
        {disordered}, {garbled}, {illogical}, {unconnected}]