Perfunctory

Sequences that could sing with tension and excitement are done in perfunctory fashion. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Although previously prepared forms may be used, special care should be exercised to insure that the use of forms of report of investigation does not result in perfunctory or inaccurate certifications of compliance with the requirements of this paragraph (34). ❋ Unknown (1951)

I introduced myself, and at my name his perfunctory manner changed. ❋ Unknown (1910)

In other news I’m still a bit sick, working my way through the Tennessee Hamthrax Aric gave me last week; so if posting is a bit light or perfunctory which is to say, a string of announcements or links for a few more days, I hope you’ll forgive me. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Appropriate commentary then becomes an issue of finding the right kind of perfunctory praise, in some cases an emphasis on the "sensational copy" that occasionally accompanies this or that book. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When Willie did bother to sing, his voice was rich and strong, but "perfunctory" would be a kind way to describe most of his vocal and instrumental work. ❋ David Wharton (2009)

There weren't any kind of perfunctory congratulations at all, Heidi. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I heard Bill Nichols, managing editor of Politico. com, tell all DC news radio WTOP that Hillary gave only a "perfunctory" performance -- a "bare minimum of support for Obama." ❋ Unknown (2009)

This kind of perfunctory but nuanced characterization runs throughout the film, which is blessed with a seemingly never-ending parade of memorable bit players who each get their chance to chew some scenery and spit it out again. ❋ Ed Howard (2008)

He was a temptation beyond imagining, but she didn't think she could bear it if he was going to be "perfunctory" with her once more. ❋ Lindsey, Johanna (1988)

When, therefore, the Conference in a kind of perfunctory manner, on the fourteenth of May, proceeded to the electing of bishops after devotional services, it was generally predicted whom the body would elect, even before a single ballot had been cast. ❋ Charles Henry (1925)

The encounter with the blunt young farmer had been so refreshing that he was not so depressed in spirit as he commonly was after the perfunctory, meaningless, formal compliments, and handshaking that usually closed his services. ❋ Harold Bell Wright (1908)

England manager Fabio Capello brushed aside the concerns over the striker, but he did so in the kind of perfunctory way that revealed his own worry. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Todd McCarthy notes in the Hollywood Reporter, Dawn Treader is "perfunctory". ❋ Unknown (2010)

Members of the vanguard of modern poetry have thrown their barbs, labeling it "perfunctory" and "bureaucratic" and full of cliches. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Charles Burnett's astonishing, poetic 1977 slice of African-American life in Los Angeles finally got its due this year, with something approaching an actual theatrical release-to call its '77 exhibition "perfunctory" would be a drastic overstatement-as well as a spectacular DVD. ❋ Unknown (2009)