perfunctory, adj.
freq. cnt. 1
freq. cnt. 1
hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
<adj.all> (a) freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
casual cursory passing perfunctory superficial
sample sentences
"a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws""a passing glance"
"perfunctory courtesy"
"In his paper, he showed a very superficial understanding of psychoanalytic theory"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
done or produced as a formality only
<adj.all>
perfunctory pro forma