Scatterbrains

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of scatterbrain form-of, plural
  2. 2
    A flighty, disorganized or forgetful person.

    "The mind that is fed upon a diet of morning and evening newspapers, mainly or solely, will become flabby, uncertain, illogical, frivolous, and, in fact, little better than a scatterbrains."

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"The mind that is fed upon a diet of morning and evening newspapers, mainly or solely, will become flabby, uncertain, illogical, frivolous, and, in fact, little better than a scatterbrains."

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