167. Desultory - Formal English Vocabulary

Desultory : 실망스러운, 두서없는, 종잡을 수 없는, 산만한, 주제를 벗어난, 일관성이 없는

In a desultory way : 산만하게, 일관성 없이, 두서없이

 

Something that is disappointing

It's poor quality

It's not very good progress

We made desultory progress, we made a little bit of progress

half-hearted

 

It can also mean, not connected with the subject

Desultory comment that were nothing to do with what we were talking about

 

It can also means, jumping from ont thing to another

Not methodical, not connected

He wrote a very desultory report, the report wasn't organized and he suddenly talk about one thing and then suddernly talk about another and then go back to the first one, there is no pattern, no organization, no structure 

Desultory speech, wasn't connected

Disorganized / haphazard / not methodical

 

disappointing / random / disconnected, those are more used in informal conversation

 

Formality : 7

 

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