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perfunctory
/pəˈfʌŋktəri/ · adj.
Your professor returns the essay, with one word in red: "perfunctory."
Abrilliant, full of insight
Bdone quickly without care
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perfunctory
/pəˈfʌŋktəri/
your professor scribbled "perfunctory" across your essay in red.
phase 02
You guess from context.
Feel out the meaning. That guess is what makes it stay.
she said the apology was perfunctory — and walked away.
Awarm, full of feeling
Bgoing through the motions
Cfurious and cutting
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