Hence: Mechanical; indifferent; listless; careless.
Done merely to get rid of a duty; performed mechanically and as a thing of rote; done in a careless and superficial manner; characterized by indifference;
Adjective S.
hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house''s structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"
Adjective S.
as a formality only; "a one-candidate pro forma election"
a.
Done merely to get rid of a duty; performed
mechanically and as a thing of rote; done in a careless and superficial
manner; characterized by indifference; as, perfunctory admonitions.
a.
Hence: Mechanical; indifferent; listless; careless.
Perfunctory
Done merely to get rid of a duty; performed mechanically and as a thing of rote; done in a careless and superficial manner; characterized by indifference;
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It's kind of amazing how popular 'Grey's Anatomy' is. What other show can boast such an annoyingly sincere cast of doctors, sniveling through such perfunctory love triangles?
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