Learn English – Word for not being able to focus on one task

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In Hebrew, my native language, we have a word describing the inability of one to focus on a certain task and instead thinking or doing one or many related/unrelated things. This word roughly translates to "being scattered" or "being dispersed". Are there any other more appropriate words to describe such thing?

Note: if this word can be used in the context of not speaking to the point during a conversation it also fits the usage of the Hebrew one.

Best Answer

The word closest to the examples you already gave is scatterbrained:

[Merriam-Webster]

: having or showing a forgetful, disorganized, or unfocused mind : having the characteristics of a scatterbrain