perfunctory
Significat (Anglès)
- Done only or merely to conform to a minimal standard or to fulfill a protocol or presumptive duty.
- Performed in a careless or indifferent manner as a thing of rote.
Conceptes
Oposat a
careful, complete, thorough
Sinònims
form-only
going-through-the-motions-sort of
thoughtles
as a formality
Traduccions
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/pəˈfʌŋk.t(ə)ɹɪ/
Etimologia (Anglès)
From Late Latin perfunctōrius (“careless, negligent”), from the past participial stem of perfungor, perfunct- (“perform, carry through”), from per- + fungor.
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