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Definition of perfunctory adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

perfunctory

adjective
 
/pəˈfʌŋktəri/
 
/pərˈfʌŋktəri/
(formal)
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  1. (of an action) done as a duty or habit, without real interest, attention or feeling
    • a perfunctory nod/smile
    • They only made a perfunctory effort.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPerfunctory is used with these nouns:
    • nod
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from late Latin perfunctorius ‘careless’, from Latin perfunct- ‘done with, discharged’, from the verb perfungi.
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