adjective
- Lacking sense or discretion."his rattlebrained crackpot ideas"; "how rattlepated I am! I've forgotten what I came for- Glenway Westcott
- synonyms: rattlebrained, rattlepated, scatty
- Guided by whim and fancy.
- usage: "flighty young girls"
- synonyms: flighty, flyaway, head-in-the-clouds
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