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is perfunctory
adjective
Done merely to discharge a duty; performed mechanically and as a thing of rote; done in a careless and superficial manner; characterized by indifference; as, perfunctory admonitions; aspiring only to minimum standards.
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"Rape is perfunctory," he says.
As Siegfried, Yonah Acosta's performance is perfunctory.
Pynchon's characterisation, as ever, is perfunctory.
The well-wishing is perfunctory and laced with menace.
The whodunit aspect of the movie is perfunctory.
Service at Full Kee is perfunctory but very fast.
Similar(6)
Their conversation there was perfunctory.
The references are perfunctory.
The fight was perfunctory.
Some of these encounters are perfunctory.
When they are, the discussions are perfunctory.
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