Meaning & use
Scattered
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Spread out irregularly over an area rather than gathered together.
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Scattered showers are expected throughout the afternoon.
Papers lay scattered across his desk after the meeting.
A note on using this word
Weather forecasts commonly use 'scattered' to describe precipitation that occurs in some areas but not uniformly across a region.
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gatheredconcentrated
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