desultory
adjective
[ ˈdɛs(ə)lt(ə)ri ]
• lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm.
• "a few people were left, dancing in a desultory fashion"
Similar:
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,
Origin:
late 16th century (also in the literal sense ‘skipping about’): from Latin desultorius ‘superficial’ (literally ‘relating to a vaulter’), from desultor ‘vaulter’, from the verb desilire .
