Spread or distributed in a haphazard or irregular way; not concentrated in one place. 'Scattered' often implies a lack of order or organization in the distribution. It can refer to physical objects, such as leaves blown by the wind, but can also describe abstract concepts like ideas or emotions that are dispersed among a group.
Furthermore, it can describe something rare and thinly distributed. .
RARE SOWN
SOWED APART SPILT
EFFUSE SPARSE STREWN
STREWED ALLOVER GARBLED
SPORADIC CONFUSED
DISPERSED ILLOGICAL
DISJOINTED DISORDERED
UNCONNECTED
DISCONNECTED