desultoryadjective
uk/ˈdes.əl.tər.i/us/ˈdes.əl.tɔːr.i/formalwithout a clear plan or purpose and showing little effort or interest:
She made a desultory attempt at conversation.
He wandered around, cleaning up in a desultory way.
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Useless and futile
- a mug's game idiom
- adrift
- aimless
- airy-fairy
- be at a loose end idiom
- fool's errand
- for the hell of it idiom
- frivolous
- fruitless
- futile
- motiveless
- negate
- no good idiom
- nugatory
- ornamental
- use
- useless
- vain
- vainly
- what good is ... idiom
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desultorily
adverb uk/ˈdes.əl.tər.əl.i/us/ˈdes.əl.tɔːr.əl.i/