desultory

Last night he did an obscure X interview show and seemed desultory and depressed.

Biden made a few desultory campaign speeches here and there.

Quiet as a library for seven innings Friday night, Dodger Stadium erupted in a thunderous wave of applause in the eighth inning when Freddie Freeman lined a grand slam into the right-field bullpen, turning what looked like a desultory loss into a 4-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox in front of a crowd of 51,562.

“How to Rob a Bank” isn’t really interested in those bigger questions, instead heading in a more desultory direction.

The lobby bar at the town’s only hotel—usually so desultory on non–parents’ weekend weekends that it closed around 8—was jammed with visitors from surrounding states.