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perfunctory
adjective
(per-func-to-ry)
hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
Synonyms:
casual
,
cursory
,
passing
,
superficial
,
Examples:
Perfunctory courtesy.
perfunctory
adjective
(per-func-to-ry)
done or produced as a formality only
Synonyms:
pro forma,
Words Related to
perfunctory
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cursory
,
formal
,
casual
,
careless
,
pro forma
,
passing
,
superficial
,
flimsy
,
overhasty
,
facile
,
hasty
,
routine
,
summary
,
cosmetic
,
shallow
,
touchy
,
surface
,
surficial
,
above-ground
,
desultory
,
banal
,
halfhearted
,
trite
,
obligatory
,
meaningless
,
slapdash
,
stilted
,
formulaic
,
unconvincing
,
uninteresting
,
bland
,
prosaic
,
vapid
,
tedious
,
inconsequential
,
pointless
,
mundane
,
superfluous
,
insipid
,
unremarkable
,
unmemorable
,
unsatisfying
,
hackneyed
,
insincere
,
cliched
,
dull
,
platitudinous
,
terse
,
monotonous
,
humdrum
,
vacuous
,
amateurish
,
tiresome
,
disinterested
,
unenlightening
,
rote
,
overlong
,
unilluminating
,
unrevealing
,
unquotable
,
melodramatic
,
overwrought
,
stagy
,
curt
,
lachrymose
,
turgid
,
stagey
,
bathetic
,
glib
,
expository
,
anticlimactic
,
soporific
,
longwinded
,
gratuitous
,
flaccid
,
obsequious
,
verbose
,
gushy
,
prolix
,
overfamiliar
,
passionless
,
mawkish
,
unobjectionable
,
scattershot
,
undramatic
,
sententious
,
interminable
,
insubstantial
,
reverent
,
risible
,
breathless
,
winded
,
wordier
,
jokey
,
reverential
,
humorless
,
grudging
,
affectless
,
pedantic
,
otiose
,
perfunctory
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