Perfunctoriness
noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The characteristic or state of being perfunctory. uncountable
"When at dusk she reached the Melchester station her husband was there to meet her, but in his perfunctoriness and her preoccupation they did not see each other, and she went out of the station alone."
Example
More examples"When at dusk she reached the Melchester station her husband was there to meet her, but in his perfunctoriness and her preoccupation they did not see each other, and she went out of the station alone."
Etymology
From perfunctory + -ness.
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