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Desultory

1) Adjective – digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random

I was talking about my intense interview with Johnathon today and he made a desultory comment about how squirrels move faster than many other land animals.

Many students got lost in translation during their professor’s desultory lecture which appeared to have no real focus.

 

2) Adjective – lacking in consistency or noticeable order.

After the officer questioned the two suspects several times, he noticed that their statements were desultory and could not hold up in court.

As I was enjoying my dinner at Applebee’s, I overheard a family’s desultory conversation about hiking, English homework, and how one of the popular girls ditched going to prom for stargazing with her English partner.