Desultory Synonyms

dĕsəl-tôrē, dĕz-
Without aim, purpose, or intent
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. aimless
  2. pointless
  3. purposeless
Having no particular pattern, purpose, organization, or structure
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. random
  2. aimless
  3. chance
  4. erratic
  5. haphazard
  6. disconnected
  7. irregular
  8. casual
  9. hit-or-miss
  10. cursory
  11. indiscriminate
  12. miscellaneous
  13. fitful
  14. haphazardly
  15. incidental
  16. inconstant
  17. spot
  18. rambling
  19. roving
  20. unplanned
  21. sporadic
  22. unsettled
  23. unsteady
  24. unsystematic
  25. wavering
Occurring randomly or sporadically.
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. chance

Words Related to Desultory

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Desultory Sentence Examples

  • His attendance was desultory, and he does not appear to have completed his arts course.

  • Before October, 1893, I had studied various subjects by myself in a more or less desultory manner.

  • After a year or two of desultory literary work he was (May 1839) appointed to the newlyinstituted chair of Humanity (Latin) in the Marischal College.

  • It was taken by the parliamentary forces in 1645 after a desultory siege of three years.

  • Irrigation was introduced in Southern California before 1780, but its use was desultory and its spread slow till after 1850.

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