ˈdɛs(ə)lt(ə)ri,-z-/
adjective
adjective: desultory
1.
lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm.
"a few people were left, dancing in a desultory fashion"
| synonyms: | casual, half-hearted, lukewarm, cursory, superficial, token, perfunctory, passing, incidental, sketchy, haphazard, random, aimless, rambling, erratic, unmethodical, unsystematic, automatic, unthinking, capricious, mechanical, offhand, chaotic, inconsistent, irregular, intermittent, occasional, sporadic, inconstant, fitful
"the Commission took only a desultory interest in humane slaughter methods"
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