Sentence examples similar to Perfunctory handling from inspiring English sources

The hearings were often relatively brief, sometimes perfunctory, and judges had wide latitude in handling the petitions.

His early years are handled in the perfunctory style of most made-for-television biographies.

The deficiency that would upset Cardozo was not so much the Court's conclusion that application of assisted suicide laws to a dying patient does not violate constitutional rights of liberty and equal protection, but rather the Court's perfunctory, over-simplified handling of the constitutional issues.

Some, especially those involving Choleng and Aling, are handled in a fairly perfunctory manner, yielding little emotional payoff.

The report found, among other things, that the agencies handled disputes in a "perfunctory" or "formalistic" manner.

Hospitals just handle complaints when complaints happen…We are basically perfunctory, including hospitals, department directors and doctors.

(Male, Administrators-2, 18-08-2011) handleals just handle complaints when complaints happen…We are basically perfunctory, including hospitals, department directors and doctors.

Although there dialogue is short and perfunctory, their energies are anything but; the love-at-first-sight narrative is remarkably believable because of the restraint and paucity with which the actors handle the scene.

Perfunctory ones at that.

Perfunctory greetings at door.

Perfunctory amateur service.