desultory

• Qualifie quelque chose qui manque de plan, de but ou d'enthousiasme ; qui passe d'un sujet à un autre sans direction claire, de manière irrégulière ou décousue.

Describes something that is lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm; moving or jumping from one thing to another without a clear direction.

1. Lacking a plan or purposeC1formal

   Moving or jumping from one thing to another without a clear plan or direction.

   décousu, sans fil directeur

   • He made a desultory attempt to clean his room, picking up a few items and then stopping.
   • The conversation was desultory, touching on the weather, politics, and then old movies.
   • Her desultory reading habits meant she rarely finished a book.

   Synonymesaimlessdisconnectederratichaphazardincidentalirregularrandomunmethodicalunsystematic

   Antonymesfocusedmethodicalorderlyplannedpurposefulsystematic

2. Random or unmethodicalC1formal

   Occurring in a random, disconnected, or unmethodical way.

   sans suite ni méthode

   • The desultory firing of the cannons suggested the battle was winding down.
   • He took a desultory walk through the park, not really paying attention to where he was going.
   • The research was criticized for its desultory collection of data.

   Synonymesaimlesschaoticdisconnectederratichaphazardirregularrandomunconnectedunmethodicalunsystematic

   Antonymesmethodicalorderlyorganizedplannedsystematic