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Adjective: perfunctory  pur'fúngk-tu-ree
  1. Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
    "a perfunctory inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "perfunctory courtesy"
    - casual, cursory, passing
     
  2. As a formality only
    - pro forma

See also: careless, formal, perfunctorily

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