PERFUNCTORY

(adj.) hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
"a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws", "a passing glance", "perfunctory courtesy"
synonyms : casual , cursory , passing
Sine Ron was not too keen about the job, he attended the interview in a casual manner. -added by Aswathy_inlas
The team made a cursory survey was hence unsuccessful in detecting the flaws in the project. -added by Aswathy_inlas
He cast a perfunctory glance over the room before opening it for the guests. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) as a formality only
"a one-candidate pro forma election"
synonyms : pro forma
After landing, the delegates went through a perfunctory customs check. -added by naila_inlas

Mnemonics for perfunctory

(Tag: Hindi) PARAI(other's)+FACTORY - if you are told to take care of somebody else's factory, you would casually care about it
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(Tag: ) per+FUNC+tory .. FUNC stands for function i.e. job.. so if you are doing a job quickly just to finish it and not caring enough about it.. doing job superficially.. it is called a perfunctory act..
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(Tag: ) Perform+hurry....perform in a hurry....perfunctory....
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(Tag: ) perfunctory has FUNCTionARY who is an official, we all know how officials approach their work.. they lack care, enthusiasm or interest in their work and do it just for formality
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(Tag: ) Many people think that the PERFect, FUN job would be to make a lot of money but not have to put much effort into the work.
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(Tag: ) per+FUN+FACTORY so working in the factory is not fun or interesting as you do same thing again and again so LACK INTEREST,U START DOING THINGS SUPERFICIALLY AND U HAVE NO ENTHUSIASM FOR THE WORK.
added by killer0061 Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: ) Picture a PERSON working a boring job on an assembly line in a FACTORY: a PERson FUNCKTORY
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(Tag: ) p+er+funct+ory--- ER(error) in FUNCT(function)—if there is error in function or something, that means IT IS DONE CARELESSLY, DONE CASUALY
added by nikhilparasher Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: ) Simply doing the function.
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(Tag: ) har (hindi every) function in perfunctory manner in this office
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(Tag: ) She thought "I'm perfect already, so why do I need to put any effort or care into this project?"
added by KOGrad Edit Mnemonic

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