cursory
done without care or interest
nasty and without attention to detail
SYN - casual, cursory, passing
As a formality only
SYN - proforma
ANT - careful
"he voted in sucha perfunctory manner that it pissed Brad off that it would hold the same weight as his vote."
"the problem with democracy is the perfunctory way that people approach citizenship."
"She was angry at her student's perfunctory attempts at these papers."
"Why had he thought that her perfunctory smiles actually meant anything."
"Her perfunctory words had successfully deceived him and he had given his heart away."
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
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