- (a.) 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.
- (a.) Hence: Mechanical; indifferent; listless; careless.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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