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The phrase "a perfunctory one" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an action or response that is done with minimal effort or care, often as a formality.
Example: "His apology was a perfunctory one, lacking any real sincerity or emotion."
Alternatives: "a cursory one" or "a superficial one."
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The film would benefit from a governmental comment, even a perfunctory one, and from some outside experts.
Though many may have expected Louis-Dreyfus' speech for her fifth consecutive win as lead actress in a comedy win to be a perfunctory one, it became profoundly emotional when she dedicated her award to the memory of her father, William Louis-Dreyfus, who died just two days before.
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Perfunctory ones at that.
Lawyers and injured workers say many of the examiners still do brief, perfunctory, one-sided exams.
It wasn't a perfunctory question, but one about my health, job, faith, relationships and, eventually, my family.
That is, was the question motivated by genuine concern or because it was a perfunctory item on a checklist.
She flashed a perfunctory smile and carried on the conversation I had interrupted.
The music, a perfunctory stroll through the presets on a cheap keyboard, is similarly one-dimensional.
No one really cares if they receive a perfunctory "haha" after texting something, so I didn't really need to care that I wasn't awake to send it. .
You can mix in one of three ways: not at all, in a perfunctory manner, or really fucking well.
Barnes juxtaposed pictures of wildly varying age, style, and quality a great Tintoretto portrait under a perfunctory Renoir still-life next to a Rousseau jungle scene and they goad one another to self-asserting eloquence.
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