Also, pointedly, it was announced that practice would be open to the news media, something that was perfunctory at U.S.C. until Kiffin put restrictions on what could be reported.
One of my issues with technicians (and other analysts) is that many forecasts are made with analysis that's perfunctory or nonexistent.
Although the sexual encounter that ensues is perfunctory for Babe, it is a rare pleasure for the young man, and as she finally senses this, Babe's affection for him takes on, for a while at least, a guilelessness that is equally rare for her.
Richard acts viciously but, unlike Rowan, has no institution to discipline him, even if that discipline is perfunctory and ultimately toothless.
Someday, somehow, the Tonys will figure out how to present the best-play nominees in a way that isn't perfunctory and awkward.
There was little here about a best friend, and this absence reinforces one possible reaction to the film: that the story of Sophie is perfunctory, and too evidently has the task of framing the portrait of Frances, and of steering the film away from romantic comedy.
Much of the review is perfunctory, but there are numerous nuances to N.F.L. timing that the average fan would not notice.
Her lashing out is perfunctory too — "Can't Be Tamed" is merely the song that gets her past the teen-pop ghetto and on to other choices.
"Rape is perfunctory," he says.
Pynchon's characterisation, as ever, is perfunctory.
