perfunctory
വരവേറ്റത്
definition
adjective
he gave a perfunctory nod
(of an action or gesture) carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection.
example
He asked what happened, made some 'perfunctory' enquiries, reset the cord and carried on.
Still, if her attempts to marry wealth are 'perfunctory' , her efforts to increase hers are disastrous.
A 'perfunctory' glance at the painting without having any thought on the substance and the meaning of the work is of little use.
After the most 'perfunctory' of prefaces, he began to speak quickly, urgently.
That was why the requirements for the non-enterprise websites had been superficial and 'perfunctory' .
Friday's rain-lashed practice session was no more than a few 'perfunctory' laps to give the spectators something to watch.
However, this poor, 'perfunctory' effort will do the band more harm than good.
After a 'perfunctory' search, the soldiers found nothing suspicious in his vehicle and the incident was written off as a tragic accident.
His comments on these developments were rather brief and 'perfunctory' .
They are functional but somehow 'perfunctory' , uncompelling.
It seems likely that this interest was never more than passive or 'perfunctory' .
His hands are very soft but quite puffy too, and his shake is straight from the school of 'perfunctory' political politeness.
I performed a few 'perfunctory' twirls and made good my escape.
Excuse us for a 'perfunctory' midweek news roundup this week.
We have sat through a showcase of set speeches by shadow ministers, but only 'perfunctory' contributions have been allowed from the floor.
This has resulted in a 'perfunctory' clean-up of the area and a discussion on the lack of funds available to restore the park to an acceptable standard.
He fails in his duty if his investigation is superficial, slipshod or 'perfunctory' .
Without individualized merit pay, teacher evaluations will remain 'perfunctory' at best.
But its digital download efforts to date have been 'perfunctory' and poorly promoted.
Anyone with even the most 'perfunctory' interest in classical music will have their own favourite Mozart piece.
Yet the plot devices are so slapdash, and key developments are tossed off so 'perfunctorily' , that it seems the author didn't even have the time to write us a good bad book.
What is notable about the commentary in this instance is its utter 'perfunctoriness' .
This Polish-Thai gastronomic centaur signals either overinventiveness or a commendable resistance to good cooking's greatest foe, 'perfunctoriness' .
Almost 'perfunctorily' , the Prime Minister began yesterday's session with a quick run-through of how asylum-seeker applications had genuinely fallen and how public services were genuinely on the mend.
And if some do, they do so 'perfunctorily' , in a half-hearted manner.
Senior officials will only refer to its essence in public lectures and fora 'perfunctorily' and only in passing and concentrate more on questions of organisation.
Both were autodidacts, who went, 'perfunctorily' , to school and college while pursuing their education by their own means and under their own instruction.
The other leaders of the democracy movement protested at the severity of the sentence and the 'perfunctoriness' of the trial, but few openly supported his political demands.
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