(′skad·ərd)

(meteorology) Descriptive of a sky cover of 0.1 to 0.5 (5 to 54%), applied only when clouds or obscuring phenomena aloft are present, not applied for surface-based obscuring phenomena.

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IN BRIEF: Thrown in many directions; spread out.

Opinions scattered indiscriminately about leave the mark of egotism. — William Strunk (1869-1946), American English professor and grammarian.

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The adjective has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space

Meaning #2: not close together in time
  Synonyms: isolated, stray

Meaning #3: being distributed here and there without order
  Synonym: strewn

Meaning #4: lacking orderly continuity
  Synonyms: confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, unconnected

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