Sentence examples for is perfunctory from inspiring English sources

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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.

  • He did a perfunctory job cleaning his dad's car, finishing quickly but leaving a few spots still dirty.

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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.

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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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