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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As Buffy’s bafoonish brother, Dave Sheridan played an unlikely killer (though Doofy ends up being far less goofy than originally expected).—
Skyler Trepel,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
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The accompanying video, directed by Charlotte Rutherford, fittingly harkens back to videos of the same era, as Puth embarks on a goofy adventure through a pre-digital world filled with charming claymation figurines and old-school stop motion effects.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Go through a corn maze, sip on apple cider, and take silly pictures with the cardboard cutouts.—
Kylie Petty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Oct. 2025
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This separation keeps parents' Discover Weekly and Wrapped playlists clean from unexpected surprises like a sudden obsession with gaming soundtracks or silly meme songs.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The day the album launched, 50 Cent reacted to the reference with a post on Instagram, giddy about being the only artist that got a shoutout on the entire ablum.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Apple’s stock is giddier than an 11-year-old who just strong-armed their parents into buying them a smartphone.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Understanding each other is futile.—
Jake Coyle,
Boston Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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The court fights all proved futile, however.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Scatty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scatty. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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