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adj. 1. performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy. 2. lacking interest or enthusiasm; apathetic: a perfunctory speaker. Perfunctory-definitionofperfunctorybyTheFreeDictionaryhttps://www.thefreedictionary.com/perfunctoryPrinterFriendly perfunctoryAlsofoundin:Thesaurus.Relatedtoperfunctory:Pulverous per·func·to·ry (pər-fŭngk′tə-rē)adj.1.Doneroutinelyandwithlittleinterestorcare:Theoperatoransweredthephonewithaperfunctorygreeting.2.Actingwithindifference;showinglittleinterestorcare.[LateLatinperfūnctōrius,fromLatinperfūnctus,pastparticipleofperfungī,togetthroughwith:per-,per-+fungī,toperform.]per·func′to·ri·lyadv.per·func′to·ri·nessn.AmericanHeritage®DictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage,FifthEdition.Copyright©2016byHoughtonMifflinHarcourtPublishingCompany.PublishedbyHoughtonMifflinHarcourtPublishingCompany.Allrightsreserved.perfunctory(pəˈfʌŋktərɪ)adj1.donesuperficially,onlyasamatterofroutine;carelessorcursory2.dullorindifferent[C16:fromLateLatinperfunctōriusnegligent,fromperfunctusdispatched,fromperfungītofulfil;seefunction]perˈfunctorilyadvperˈfunctorinessnCollinsEnglishDictionary–CompleteandUnabridged,12thEdition2014©HarperCollinsPublishers1991,1994,1998,2000,2003,2006,2007,2009,2011,2014per•func•to•ry(pərˈfʌŋktəri)adj.1.performedmerelyasaroutineduty;hastyandsuperficial:perfunctorycourtesy.2.lackinginterestorenthusiasm;apathetic:aperfunctoryspeaker.[1575–85;