scatterbrained

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Typical of the movie’s scatterbrained nature is the small drama it creates, then discards, about Guthrie’s past: He lived in Germany for years, though no one seems interested in whether this ended before the war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

Admirers call the animal “Bullwinkle” or “Rutt,” the latter in homage to a scatterbrained moose from the movie “Brother Bear.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2023

Some are very organized, and some are scatterbrained.

From Slate • Oct. 14, 2023

She had appeared with him in “Company,” playing the frantic bride Amy, and starred as a scatterbrained waitress on the sitcom “Alice.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 6, 2023

Cleve Dobbins was a scatterbrained former Army M.P. in his for-ties.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover