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perfunctoriness Definition


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perfunctory
adj
    1. Done merely as a duty or routine, without genuine care or feeling.
      Thesaurus: abrupt, cursory, offhand, brusque, indifferent, apathetic, thoughtless, routine, automatic, mechanical, wooden, superficial, brief, hurried; Antonym: painstaking, thoughtful.
Derivative: perfunctorily
adverb
    Derivative: perfunctoriness
    noun
      Etymology: 16c: from Latin perfunctorius slapdash.



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