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desultory meaning in Malayalam

അലക്ഷ്യമായ

UK/ˈdɛs.əl.t(ə).ɹi//ˈdɛs.əlˌtɔɹ.i/

desultory in Malayalam: അലക്ഷ്യമായ, ഉദാസീനമായ, അശ്രദ്ധം, ക്രമമോ മുറയോ ഇല്ലാത്ത. In English, desultory means jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order, planning, or rational connection; lacking logical sequence.

Malayalam words for desultory

cursory, casual, superficial
അലക്ഷ്യമായ, ഉദാസീനമായ, അശ്രദ്ധം, ക്രമമോ മുറയോ ഇല്ലാത്ത, വന്നപടിയുള്ള, അധികം ശ്രദ്ധയില്ലാതെയുള്ള

English meaning of desultory

  1. adjective Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order, planning, or rational connection; lacking logical sequence.
  2. adjective Out of course; by the way; not connected with the subject.
  3. adjective Disappointing in performance or progress.
  4. adjective Leaping, skipping or flitting about, generally in a random or unsteady manner.

Full definition of desultory

desultory in a sentence

  • Near-synonyms: aimless, chaotic, disconnected, erratic, haphazard, meandering, quodlibetic, quodlibetical, random, rambling, scattered, unmethodical, unsystematic, wandering
  • He wandered round, cleaning up in a desultory way.
  • I teach a class of desultory minds.

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Questions about desultory in Malayalam

What is the meaning of desultory in Malayalam?
Desultory in Malayalam is അലക്ഷ്യമായ, ഉദാസീനമായ, അശ്രദ്ധം, ക്രമമോ മുറയോ ഇല്ലാത്ത.
desultory എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
Desultory: അലക്ഷ്യമായ, ഉദാസീനമായ, അശ്രദ്ധം, ക്രമമോ മുറയോ ഇല്ലാത്ത.
What does desultory mean in English?
Desultory means jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order, planning, or rational connection; lacking logical sequence.

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Malayalam words from the E.K. Kurup corpus on Olam: desultory (dataset and license). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: desultory (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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