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What does desultory mean?

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Adjective
  1. Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order, planning, or rational connection; without logical sequence.
  2. Out of course; by the way; as a digression; not connected with the subject.
  3. Disappointing in performance or progress.
  4. (obsolete) Leaping, skipping or flitting about, generally in a random or unsteady manner.
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So much for my thought that the Justice Department would mount a desultory investigation and then give up.
Ayodhya has been subject to desultory and very limited archaeological investigations since the 19th century.
Clashes and desultory fighting continued in Samarra north of Baghdad between US forces and Sunni Arab guerrillas.
Opening night saw a desultory 20 people rattling around in a big, airy room ready for 70 diners.
And some desultory clicking around Microsoft Office didn't see the power consumption get much above one watt.
The first incoming flight, organised by the CIA, was welcomed with desultory bursts of anti-aircraft fire.

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