Adjective: digressive dI'gre-siv or di'gre-siv
- (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
"amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things";
- discursive, excursive, rambling
- Of superficial relevance if any
"a digressive allusion to the day of the week";
- tangential
See also: beside the point, indirect, irrelevant