Adjective perfunctory has 2 senses
  1. casual, cursory, passing, perfunctory - 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"
    Antonym: careful (indirect, via careless)
  2. pro forma, perfunctory - as a formality only; "a one-candidate pro forma election"
    Antonym: informal (indirect, via formal)
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