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Perfunctory

//pɚˈfʌŋk.tɚ.i// adj

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Adjective

1
Done only or merely to conform to a minimal standard or to fulfill a protocol or presumptive duty.
"I caught the gist of what he was saying--which in effect was that he had found and captured this Galu, that she was his and that he defied anyone to question his right of possession. It appeared to me, as I afterward learned was the fact, that I was witnessing the most primitive of marriage ceremonies. The assembled members of the tribe looked on and listened in a sort of dull and perfunctory apathy, for the speaker was by far the mightiest of the clan."
2
Performed in a careless or indifferent manner as a thing of rote.
"He did a perfunctory job cleaning his dad's car, finishing quickly but leaving a few spots still dirty."

Adjective

1
hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough wordnet
2
done or produced as a formality only wordnet

Etymology

From Late Latin perfunctōrius (“careless, negligent”), from the past participial stem of perfungor, perfunct- (“perform, carry through”), from per- + fungor.

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