GLOSS OVER vs PERFUNCTORY: ADJECTIVE
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- Done merely to discharge a duty; performed mechanically and as a thing of rote; done in a careless and superficial manner; characterized by indifference; as, perfunctory admonitions; aspiring only to minimum standards.
- Hence: Mechanical; indifferent; listless; careless.
- Done merely to get rid of a duty; performed mechanically and as a thing of rote; done in a careless and superficial manner; characterized by indifference.
- Acting with indifference; showing little interest or care.
- Done routinely and with little interest or care.
- Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
- As a formality only
GLOSS OVER vs PERFUNCTORY: VERB
- To treat something with less care than it deserves; to skimp.
- To cover up a mistake or a crime; to hush up or whitewash.
- Cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
- Treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly
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GLOSS OVER vs PERFUNCTORY: OTHER WORD TYPES
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- Not thorough
- Done or produced as a formality only
- Done mechanically or without interest or zeal, and merely for the sake of getting rid of the duty; done in a half-hearted or careless manner, or so as to conform to the letter but not to the spirit; careless; negligent.
GLOSS OVER vs PERFUNCTORY: RELATED WORDS
- Trivialize, Sentimentalization, Oversimplify, Gloze, Superficialize, Sugarcoat, Temporise, Platitudinize, Smooth over, Slur over, Sleek over, Skimp over, Skate over, Hush up, Whitewash
- Shallow, Cosmetic, Summary, Routine, Hasty, Facile, Overhasty, Flimsy, Superficial, Passing, Pro forma, Careless, Casual, Formal, Cursory
GLOSS OVER vs PERFUNCTORY: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Underplay, Lead on, Ununderstood, Romanticize, Miscomprehend, Lead astray, Trivialize, Sentimentalization, Oversimplify, Gloze, Superficialize, Temporise, Platitudinize, Smooth over, Hush up
- Shallow, Cosmetic, Summary, Routine, Hasty, Facile, Overhasty, Flimsy, Superficial, Passing, Pro forma, Careless, Casual, Formal, Cursory
GLOSS OVER vs PERFUNCTORY: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- You might be tempted to gloss over any sort of reasoning in favor of getting your rejection over as soon as possible.
- Sometimes, it is easy to gloss over Bible stories.
- Casting Friends can gloss over a short social encounter.
- This is a section that many people gloss over.
- Too often, Riley said, proponents gloss over such concerns.
- This passage is complex and easy to gloss over.
- But the reviews of smartphone cameras gloss over it.
- Consumers gloss over disclosure forms all the time.
- Publications or web sites gloss over hard reality.
- By all means gloss over the unflattering things.
- Schultz seems to appreciate them, in a perfunctory way.
- Joint sessions of Congress are usually perfunctory, formal events.
- While there were protestsfrom some, those protests seemed perfunctory.
- Few close intimate friends rather than many perfunctory relationships.
- Lando hesitates, then gives a perfunctory knock and enters.
- Charles waged only perfunctory warfare against the English.
- The inspections are usually very fast and perfunctory.
- Trump gave little more than a perfunctory acknowledgment.
- Chopin set, was halfheartedly dispatched: perfunctory, dutiful, cloddish.
- REIT because this is normally a perfunctory step.
GLOSS OVER vs PERFUNCTORY: QUESTIONS
- What happens if you put oil based gloss over satin paint?
- Why does the man sign the documents in a perfunctory manner?