Most public figures of his stature, and even most economists, would have offered at least a perfunctory paragraph about how his economic thinking was aimed at helping those at the bottom of the social ladder – whether true or not.
That prompted unusual public grumbling by some members, notably by Prince Talal, who considers himself king material despite a renegade period in the early 1960s, so the council might play at least a perfunctory role in approving Prince Salman's elevation to crown price.
By making at least a perfunctory effort to woo black communities, Trump may be able to persuade some white people that he's not racist at all.
Though I do not share hubby's love of all things public radio, I held on to the hope that I could reasonably expect to see at least a perfunctory challenge to tired old gender roles.
You can mix in one of three ways: not at all, in a perfunctory manner, or really fucking well.
Not so much questions, more mini essays of dazzling erudition, loaded with footnotes and rounded off at the end with a perfunctory question mark.
That document — a solid, middle-of-the-road package, with nothing to offend anyone and a little something to please almost everybody, including, improbably, a salute to big business — was proposed, seconded, and accepted in no time at all, with only a perfunctory floor protest by disgruntled liberals.
"A First-Rate Madness" moves from big target to big target at a fast, perfunctory clip.
Thomas Penn covers the first 16 years of Henry's rule at a swift, perfunctory clip, deepening and slowing only in 1501 when, at the doomed wedding of Catherine of Aragon to Prince Arthur, a certain irrepressible "carrot-haired" lad, foreshadowing the modern Harry, appears in public to escort her.
That's not a bad thing, but we would hope that their efforts turn out to be more than just a perfunctory stab at the problems.
