Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough.
1 That is, if you don't mind? he added a clearly perfunctory question.
2 The Captain touched the peak of his cap in a perfunctory manner.
3 The cinematography for the modern singing and interviews, however, is merely perfunctory .
4 Dull stuff, a perfunctory duty at the end of a tumultuous year.
5 She performed the coarse duties of her life in a perfunctory manner.
6 The Mexicans saluted in a perfunctory manner and rode toward San Antonio.
7 The praise is neither perfunctory nor lacking in a really religious tone.
8 Thanks. The second word was perfunctory , thrust at me like a weapon.
9 Illustrations do suggest that the early surface buildings were perfunctory and disparate.
10 The law has no claim against her, except in a perfunctory way.
11 The tone in which Roger Barnes spoke was good-tempered, but quite perfunctory .
12 The question was perfunctory , and she knew what the answer would be.
13 Joy gave Katie a perfunctory hug and held her at arm's length.
14 He will probably go through his duties in a somewhat perfunctory manner.
15 There was probably only the most perfunctory sympathy for the stricken director.
16 But Labour and Tory politicians have been more perfunctory on the podium.
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