desultory

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• UK: /ˈdɛs.əl.t(ə).ɹi/
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• UK: /ˈdɛz.əl.t(ə).ɹi/
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• US: /ˈdɛs.əlˌtɔɹ.i/
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• US: /ˈdɛz.əlˌtɔɹ.i/
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From Latin dēsultōrius (“hasty, casual, superficial”), from dēsultor (“a circus rider who jumped from one galloping horse to another”), from dēsiliō (“jump down”), from dē (“down”) + saliō (“jump, leap”).

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: безреден (bezreden) — jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection
• Bulgarian: безсистемен (bezsistemen) — jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection
• Czech: roztěkaný — jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection
• Dutch: onsamenhangend — jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection
• German: sprunghaft — jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection
• German: unzusammenhängend — jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection
• Hungarian: ötletszerű — jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection
• Hungarian: rendszertelen — jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection
• Hungarian: kapkodó — jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection
• Māori: paihore — jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection
• Norwegian: springende — jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection
• Polish: nieporządny — jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection
• Polish: chaotyczny — jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection
• Polish: bezładny — jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection
• Portuguese: desultório — jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection
• Russian: беспорядочный (besporjadočnyj) — jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection
• Russian: несвязанный (nesvjazannyj) — jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection
• Serbo-Croatian: nepovezan — jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection
• Serbo-Croatian: rasut — jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection
• Spanish: incoherente — jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection
• Spanish: inconexo — jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection
• Ukrainian: безладний (bezladnyj) — jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection
• Ukrainian: хаотичний (xaotyčnyj) — jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection
• Czech: nesouvislý — out of course; by the way; not connected with the subject
• Hungarian: felületes — out of course; by the way; not connected with the subject
• Hungarian: odavetett — out of course; by the way; not connected with the subject
• Latvian: nesakarīgs — out of course; by the way; not connected with the subject
• Norwegian: malapropos — out of course; by the way; not connected with the subject
• Russian: несвязный (nesvjaznyj) — out of course; by the way; not connected with the subject
• Serbo-Croatian: nepovezan — out of course; by the way; not connected with the subject
• Serbo-Croatian: nesuvisao — out of course; by the way; not connected with the subject
• Ukrainian: непов'язаний (nepovʺjazanyj) — out of course; by the way; not connected with the subject
• Ukrainian: недоладний (nedoladnyj) — out of course; by the way; not connected with the subject
• Bulgarian: плачевен (plačeven) — disappointing in performance or progress
• Chinese Cantonese: 散漫嘅 (saan2 maan6 ge3) — disappointing in performance or progress
• Serbo-Croatian: promašen — disappointing in performance or progress
• Spanish: desganado — disappointing in performance or progress
• Bulgarian: скоклив (skokliv) — leaping or skipping about