scattered

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of scatter

adj

1. Dispersed, spread apart into disunited units.

   “scattered applause”

   “And when their ſcattered armie is ſubdu’d: And you march on their ſlaughtered carkaſſes, Share equally the gold that bought their liues, And liue like Gentlmen in Perſea, […]”

   “The surroundings become bleak in the extreme as the timber line is approached and trees give place to thinly scattered birches that are little more than bushes.”

2. Seemingly randomly distributed.

   “There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.”

3. Covering three eighths to four eighths of the sky.
4. Affecting 30 percent to 50 percent of a forecast zone.

   “Scattered showers.”