Straggling

verb

1. To stray from the road, course or line of march.

   "He straggled away from the crowd and went off on his own."

2. To wander about; ramble.
3. To spread at irregular intervals.
4. To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or widely in growth.
5. To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals.