as in goofy
lacking in seriousness or maturity
We love her as a friend but she's way too scatty to be relied upon for anything important.
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Recent Examples of scatty
A lot of her frenetic, scatty energy came from Bronte Carmichael, who was the voice performer for Robin.
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Leo Barraclough, Variety, 21 Jan. 2024
And Eve’s a bit scatty and all over the place, and Villanelle’s so lush and confident.
—David Kamp, WSJ, 5 Nov. 2018
Leo Barraclough, Variety, 21 Jan. 2024
And Eve’s a bit scatty and all over the place, and Villanelle’s so lush and confident.
—David Kamp, WSJ, 5 Nov. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scatty
Adjective
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Her content is uniquely her — slightly more goofy than her older sister's, but equally as captivating and with confidence building at the forefront.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
9 Dec. 2025
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Finally, a Game of Thrones spin-off for those with a goofier side to them.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
4 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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A lot of the silly AI hardware products that have launched and failed tried to do too much.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
10 Dec. 2025
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Earnest, sappy, Burtonesque, silly.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Wayne Brady, Billy Porter and Harvey Fierstein are giddy with excitement for the preview of their upcoming production Encores!—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
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The future shotstopper was out the door and sprinting in giddy celebration up a street near Bloemfontein before the players had even begun their shimmy.—
Jack Bantock,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
Adjective
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Repeating the futile methods of the past will yield no new results.—
Mark Osborne,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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His futile dreams of Mexico were not a metaphor for a life frustrated by unresolved dreams.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Scatty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scatty. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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