The phrase "a scattered array of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a disorganized or uneven distribution of items or elements in a particular context.
Example: "The artist's studio was filled with a scattered array of paintbrushes, canvases, and color palettes."
Alternatives: "a random collection of" or "a disorganized assortment of".
And Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton cautioned donors to stop working around the government and instead work with it, and to stop financing "a scattered array of well-meaning projects" rather than making "deeper, long-term investments".
On the grounds of one demobilization and reintegration camp in Juba, a scattered array of soldiers trickled through a secondary school where courses were being held for soldiers in literacy, computers and vocational training.
A scattered array of mirror balls reflect light from multiple projectors, filling a room completely with small reflections, casting patterns that fill the visitor's peripheral vision.
Mountain lands provide a scattered but diverse array of habitats in which a large range of plants and animals can be found.
The array data were plotted as a scattered graph of fold-induction versus fold-inhibition and the corresponding genes were classified into 9 groups (Figure 1B).
While most focus on finding new survival strategies for their families, some have also organised a demonstration in Timisoara, and there has been an attempt to improve communication between scattered communities and an array of Roma and civil rights groups.
…has a scattered vegetation of halophilic (salt-tolerant) bushes and species of the genus Artemisia.
Mine was one of four licensed premises in a scattered district of three-hundred-odd souls.
Before the Mohegans started their business, they were a scattered group of mostly impoverished individuals.
They can quickly reduce a tower of discs to a scattered pile of drool-covered $15 Frisbees.
