adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a perfunctory apology
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A 6-3 third set lasted only 26 perfunctory minutes.
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I could probably live with it, but really this perfunctory business belongs out of sight.
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If the national government had seemed perfunctory in its response to the threats against Baker, it seemed oblivious to his death.
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Rick is assigned a perfunctory review of the Cindy Liggett case.
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Rochford did it with an almost perfunctory efficiency.
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Thomas's mind seemed to be elsewhere, and there was no perfunctory laugh in return.
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You put in a coin, a wand twirls, and a brief selection of perfunctory destinies is on offer.