perfunctory

Meaning

Adjective

  • Done only or merely to conform to a minimal standard or to fulfill a protocol or presumptive duty .
  • Performed in a careless or indifferent manner as a thing of rote.

Origin

  • From Late Latin perfunctōrius, from the past participial stem of perfungor, perfunct-, from per- + fungor.

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