s marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another
desultory thoughts the desultory conversation characteristic of cocktail parties
New DVDs this week Identity Thief(R, 111 minutes, Universal): This nothing-burger of a film is a desultory collection of slapstick gags, buddy-movie clichés and chase-sequence bombast.
June 6, 2013 - The Sacramento Bee