Tuesday word: Perfunctory

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Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Perfunctory (adjective)
per·func·to·ry [per-fuhngk-tuh-ree]

adjective
1. performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
2. lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm; indifferent or apathetic: In his lectures he reveals himself to be merely a perfunctory speaker.

OTHER WORDS FROM PERFUNCTORY
per·func·to·ri·ly, adverb
per·func·to·ri·ness, noun

WORDS RELATED TO PERFUNCTORY
sketchy, cursory, superficial, offhand, apathetic, careless, cool, disinterested, heedless, impersonal, inattentive, indifferent, involuntary, lackadaisical, laid-back, mechanical, negligent, routine, slipshod, slovenly

Synonyms
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1, 2. negligent, heedless, thoughtless, uninterested.

Antonyms
1, 2. careful, diligent.

Origin: 1575–85; < Late Latin perfunctorius negligent, superficial, derivative of perfungi to do one's job, be done, equivalent to per- per- + fung-, base of fungi to perform, function + -torius -tory

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