desultory = wha?

[Jonathan Lighter]

An NPR reporter described the sentencing of "Scooter" Libby as a "sad and desultory coda" to the entire trial.

  What th'--?

  She went on to describe the judge's point-by-point justification of the sentence.  Nothing "desultory" about it.

  MW says that (certain morons) use "desultory" to mean "disappointing in performance or quality," but even that's a big big stretch here.

  JL


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