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Digressive

//daɪˈɡɹɛsɪv// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Marked by digression; rambling
  2. 2
    Being a digression; off-topic

    "I continue to be amused and amazed by the astonishing twaddle that's continually written about the so-called Lavendar ^([sic]) or Violet Quill Club. The latest example of this is an unmotivated, digressive swipe at the Violet Quill (VQ) in T.R. Witomiski's reply letter to various critics in GCN."

Adjective
  1. 1
    (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects wordnet
  2. 2
    of superficial relevance if any wordnet

Etymology

From digress + -ive.

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