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perfunctory
1. done routinely (merely to discharge a duty); 2. lacking interest; indifferent; acting merely to discharge a duty
After a perfunctory appearance at a neighbor’s graduation reception, he got down to the real business of the day, golfing.
Latin root word: perfungor, perfungi, perfunctus sum - to perform, discharge, execute
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