The Only Use of "desultory" in "Outliers"

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The Only Use

desultory
in
Outliers
(Edited)

On the strength of that performance, 90 percent of KIPP students get scholarships to private or parochial high schools instead of having to attend their own desultory high schools in the Bronx.
Chpt 9

desultory = half-hearted (in motivation)

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(1) (desultory)
without plan or enthusiasm
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)