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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All well and good—even if the log-line here may remind some of you of this goofy scene from the Sex and the City movie.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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Scott fares much, much better, grounding the movie’s goofier dialogue in broadly credible conviction.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
26 May 2026
Adjective
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Through the fuzz and the bad camera angles emerges an extraordinary catalogue of dummies, flicks, and feints, a hodge-podge of silly tricks.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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To lose that would be silly now.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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Her work is spirited, even downright giddy.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Santa conducted a giddy postgame interview on the team’s television broadcast before descending the stairs into the clubhouse.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
Adjective
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That was an appropriate response by Rockies fans when the Rockies mercifully moved on from futile general manager Bill Geivett and insufferable team president Greg Feasel.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
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Any attempt to pin down the greatest men’s footballer is therefore futile at best and highly subjective at worst.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
3 June 2026
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“Scatty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scatty. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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