About The Word Perfunctory
Learn about the word Perfunctory to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Perfunctory definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Perfunctory
| Perfunctory Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Perfunctory?
[adj] 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"
[adj] as a formality only; "a one-candidate pro forma election" Synonyms | Synonyms for Perfunctory: careless | casual | cursory | formal | passing(a) | pro forma Related Terms | Find terms related to Perfunctory: airy | apathetic | at odds | ataractic | automatic | averse | backward | balking | balky | blase | businesslike | careless | casual | cold | cool | cursory | degage | devil-may-care | differing | dilatory | disagreeing | disinclined | disinterested | dismissive | disobedient | dispassionate | disregardant | disregardful | distant | easygoing | fervorless | fleeting | flippant | forced | forgetful | formal | fractious | free and easy | grudging | halfhearted | hasty | heedless | hurried | impersonal | inattentive | inconsiderate | incurious | indifferent | indisposed | indocile | inexcitable | insouciant | involuntary | lackadaisical | laggard | Laodicean | lazy | listless | loath | lukewarm | mechanical | mindless | mutinous | negligent | neuter | neutral | nonchalant | oblivious | offhand | opposed | pococurante | recalcitrant | reckless | refractory | regardless | reluctant | removed | renitent | resistant | respectless | restive | routine | rushed | sketchy | slipshod | slovenly | slow | slow to | spotty | standard | stock | sulky | sullen | superficial | tactless | tepid | thoughtless | turned-off | unanxious | unaware | unconcerned | unconsenting | undiplomatic | undiscriminating | unenthusiastic | unheedful | unheeding | uninterested | uninvolved | unmindful | unprepared | unready | unsolicitous | untactful | unthinking | unwilling | unzealous | usual | wooden | zealless See Also | Perfunctory In Webster's Dictionary \Per*func"to*ry\, a. [L. perfunctorius, fr.
perfunctus dispatched, p. p. of perfungi to discharge,
dispatch; per (see {Per}) + fungi to perform. See
{Function}.]
1. 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. --Macaulay.
2. Hence: Mechanical; indifferent; listless; careless.
``Perfunctory in his devotions.'' --Sharp.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Titillating ‐ pleasantly and superficially exciting [adj] exciting by touching…
- Desex ‐ make infertile; of both males…
- Duke of argyll's tea tree ‐ deciduous erect or spreading shrub with spiny branches and violet-purple…
- Jacques offenbach ‐ French composer of many operettas and an opera…
- Order gymnophiona ‐ an order of amphibians including…
- Guallatiri ‐ the world's highest volcano; in the Andes in northern Chile;…
- Horse's foot ‐ the hoof…
- Localisation of function ‐ (physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively…
- Bookmark ‐ a marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages…
- Stephenson ‐ English railway pioneer who built the first passenger railway…