perfunctory English

Meaning perfunctory meaning

What does perfunctory mean?

perfunctory

— adjective (= casual, cursory, passing) 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

— adjective (= pro forma) as a formality only a one-candidate pro forma election

Synonyms perfunctory synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as perfunctory?

perfunctory English » English

cursory

superficial

careless

negligent

pro forma

inattentive

half-hearted

casual

thoughtless

slipshod

slapdash

shallow

passing

hasty

apathetic

zealless

unwilling

unwary

unmindful

unguarded

unenthusiastic

typical

thoughtles

superficially

starched

slack

skin-deep

sciolistic

routinely

routine

reluctant

regardless

reckless

prim

offhand

modal

mindless

mechanical

lukewarm

irresponsible

indisposed

indifferent

indefinite

incautious

inadvertent

ho-hum

heedless

haphazard

going-through-the-motions-sort of

frivolous