PERFUNCTORY vs CURSORY: ADJECTIVE
- 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.
- As a formality only
- Acting with indifference; showing little interest or care.
- Done routinely and with little interest or care.
- Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
- Performed with haste and scant attention to detail.
- Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
- Characterized by haste; hastily or superficially performed; slight; superficial; careless.
- Hasty; superficial; careless
PERFUNCTORY vs CURSORY: OTHER WORD TYPES
- 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.
- Done or produced as a formality only
- Not thorough
- Running about; not stationary.
- In entomology, adapted for running, as the feet of many terrestrial beetles; cursorial.
- Hasty; slight; superficial; careless; not exercising or receiving close attention: as, a cursory reader; a cursory view.
- Not thorough
PERFUNCTORY vs CURSORY: RELATED WORDS
- Shallow, Cosmetic, Summary, Routine, Hasty, Facile, Overhasty, Flimsy, Superficial, Passing, Pro forma, Careless, Casual, Formal, Cursory
- Expeditious, Simple, Cosmetic, Shallow, Mere, Hasty, Summary, Quick, Synopsis, Brief, Superficial, Careless, Passing, Casual, Perfunctory
PERFUNCTORY vs CURSORY: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Shallow, Cosmetic, Summary, Routine, Hasty, Facile, Overhasty, Flimsy, Superficial, Passing, Pro forma, Careless, Casual, Formal, Cursory
- Expeditious, Simple, Cosmetic, Shallow, Mere, Hasty, Summary, Quick, Synopsis, Brief, Superficial, Careless, Passing, Casual, Perfunctory
PERFUNCTORY vs CURSORY: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- 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.
- Trump administration rolled it back with some cursory explanation.
- Conduct a cursory review for any traditional security issues.
- Biden met the guy in a cursory way.
- Probably just the right length, but necessarily cursory.
- Even a cursory reading thereof demonstrates the point.
- Thus, the discussion here will necessarily be cursory.
- Bible, it can disturb even a cursory reader.
- The hearing was almost cursory in its quickness.
- She took their orders with only cursory interest.
- Industrial and Labour Relations System: A Cursory Approach.
PERFUNCTORY vs CURSORY: QUESTIONS
- Why does the man sign the documents in a perfunctory manner?
- Does cursory reading of history provide incontrovertible evidence of its falsehoods?
- What does'brief and cursory holding and questioning'mean?
- What are the requirements for a cursory review of an appraisal?
- What did Claire realize after doing a cursory head count?
- How to indicate cursory review was performed in weblgy?
- How does the adjective cursory contrast with its synonyms?