Desultory

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  • adjective. Moving or jumping from one thing to another; disconnected.
  • adjective. Occurring randomly or sporadically. synonym: chance.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Leaping; hopping about; moving irregularly.
  • Swerving from point to point; irregularly shifting in course; devious: as, desultory movements; a desultory saunter.
  • Veering about from one thing to another; whiffling; unmethodical; irregular; disconnected: as, a desultory conversation.
  • Coming suddenly, as if by leaping into view; started at the moment; random.
  • Synonyms and Rambling, roving, unsystematic, irregular. See irregular.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Leaping or skipping about.
  • adjective. Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection; without logical sequence; disconnected; immethodical; aimless.
  • adjective. Out of course; by the way; as a digression; not connected with the subject.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection; without logical sequence; disconnected; immethodical; aimless.
  • adjective. Out of course; by the way; as a digression; not connected with the subject.
  • adjective. Disappointing in performance or progress.
  • adjective. Leaping, skipping or flitting about, generally in a random or unsteady manner.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another
  • Word Usage
    "Icahn plans to "[offer] up anecdotes and a running commentary on what he describes as the desultory state of corporate governance in America.""
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