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desultory - Dictionary definition and meaning for desultory

DESULTORY

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  • (adj.) 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"

    After a desultory year at Cabrillo College near Santa Cruz, McCarthy joined the Army in May 2001. -added by Administrator

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Mnemonics for desultory

  • (Tag: English) De-result...Obviously a haphazard or desultory approach will result to nothing.

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  • (Tag: ) desultory think like de story-> moving away from the main story

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  • (Tag: ) desult...de(means without)+sult(RESULT)+tory( a member of conservative party in britain known as TORY)....so if the tories DID NOT WIN ANY ELECTION THIS TIME becoz of their desultory attitude..or since they lacked any definate plan to win election..t

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  • (Tag: ) ..or since they lacked any definate plan to win election..they were WITHOUT any good RESULTs THIS TIME. and now THINK a MEMBER OF TORY party jumping to another party to join it and than to another.

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  • (Tag: ) Think: Desolate Story... Desolate=(Empty) Story=(Chain of Events)...an empty or purposeless chain of events and/or jumping from one thing to another

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  • (Tag: ) if u work DESULTory then u will INSULted

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  • (Tag: ) de salute = a person in army who does not salute to his superior surely does not have an aim

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