PERFUNCTORY

perfunctory. Perfunctory, a. slight, careless, negligent, ob.

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Per‐func″to‐ry (?), a. [[L. perfunctorius, fr. perfunctus dispatched, p. p. of perfungi to discharge, dispatch; per (see Per) + fungi to perform. See Function.]] 1. 1. 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, perfunctory admonitions. Macaulay.
2. 2. Hence: Mechanical; indifferent; listless; careless. “Perfunctory in his devotions.” Sharp.