perfunctory

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• UK: /pəˈfʌŋk.t(ə)ɹɪ/
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• US: /pɚˈfʌŋk.tɚ.i/
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• CMU ARPABET: P ER0 F AH1 NG K T ER0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Late Latin perfunctōrius (“careless, negligent”), from the past participial stem of perfungor, perfunct- (“perform, carry through”), from per- + fungor.

76 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: повърхностен (povǎrhnosten) — performed out of routine, with little care
• Bulgarian: небрежен (nebrežen) — performed out of routine, with little care
• Catalan: perfuntori — performed out of routine, with little care
• Catalan: descurat — performed out of routine, with little care
• Chinese Mandarin: 敷衍 (fūyǎn) — performed out of routine, with little care
• Chinese Mandarin: 含糊 (hánhu) — performed out of routine, with little care
• Chinese Mandarin: 不痛不癢 /不痛不痒 (bùtòngbùyǎng) — performed out of routine, with little care
• Czech: formální — performed out of routine, with little care
• Czech: ledabylý — performed out of routine, with little care
• Czech: povrchní — performed out of routine, with little care
• Czech: letmý — performed out of routine, with little care
• Czech: zběžný — performed out of routine, with little care
• Danish: skødesløs — performed out of routine, with little care
• Danish: overfladisk — performed out of routine, with little care
• Dutch: (louter) plichtmatig — performed out of routine, with little care
• Dutch: machinaal — performed out of routine, with little care
• Dutch: werktuiglijk — performed out of routine, with little care
• Dutch: routineus — performed out of routine, with little care
• Esperanto: supraĵa — performed out of routine, with little care
• Esperanto: indiferenta — performed out of routine, with little care
• Finnish: rutiininomainen — performed out of routine, with little care
• Finnish: pintapuolinen — performed out of routine, with little care
• Finnish: puolihuolimaton — performed out of routine, with little care
• French: sommaire — performed out of routine, with little care
• French: superficiel — performed out of routine, with little care
• French: négligeant — performed out of routine, with little care
• French: pour la forme — performed out of routine, with little care
• French: de pure forme — performed out of routine, with little care
• French: détaché — performed out of routine, with little care
• French: bâclé — performed out of routine, with little care
• German: flüchtig — performed out of routine, with little care
• German: maschinell — performed out of routine, with little care
• German: oberflächlich — performed out of routine, with little care
• German: der Form halber — performed out of routine, with little care
• German: formell — performed out of routine, with little care
• German: pro forma — performed out of routine, with little care
• German: routinemäßig — performed out of routine, with little care
• German: nachlässig — performed out of routine, with little care
• Greek: διεκπεραιωτικός (diekperaiotikós) — performed out of routine, with little care
• Hungarian: felületes — performed out of routine, with little care
• Hungarian: hanyag — performed out of routine, with little care
• Hungarian: futó — performed out of routine, with little care
• Irish: sleamchúiseach — performed out of routine, with little care
• Irish: neamhaireach — performed out of routine, with little care
• Italian: superficiale — performed out of routine, with little care
• Italian: sbrigativo — performed out of routine, with little care
• Japanese: 御座成の (ozanari no) — performed out of routine, with little care
• Polish: pobieżny — performed out of routine, with little care
• Polish: powierzchowny — performed out of routine, with little care
• Portuguese: perfunctório — performed out of routine, with little care
• Romanian: cu superficialitate — performed out of routine, with little care
• Romanian: cu neglijenââ — performed out of routine, with little care
• Romanian: superficial — performed out of routine, with little care
• Russian: небре́жный (nebréžnyj) — performed out of routine, with little care
• Russian: пове́рхностный (povérxnostnyj) — performed out of routine, with little care
• Russian: машина́льный (mašinálʹnyj) — performed out of routine, with little care
• Serbo-Croatian: махиналан — performed out of routine, with little care
• Serbo-Croatian: макиналан — performed out of routine, with little care
• Serbo-Croatian: mahinalan — performed out of routine, with little care
• Serbo-Croatian: makinalan — performed out of routine, with little care
• Spanish: superficial — performed out of routine, with little care
• Spanish: perfunctorio — performed out of routine, with little care
• Spanish: rutinario — performed out of routine, with little care
• Spanish: somero — performed out of routine, with little care
• Spanish: maquinal — performed out of routine, with little care
• Swedish: invand — performed out of routine, with little care
• Swedish: slentrianmässig — performed out of routine, with little care
• Swedish: vana — performed out of routine, with little care
• Ukrainian: поверхневий (poverxnevyj) — performed out of routine, with little care
• Ukrainian: формальний (formalʹnyj) — performed out of routine, with little care
• Ukrainian: машинальний (mašynalʹnyj) — performed out of routine, with little care
• Ukrainian: недбалий (nedbalyj) — performed out of routine, with little care
• Vietnamese: qua loa — performed out of routine, with little care
• Vietnamese: hời hợt — performed out of routine, with little care
• Vietnamese: đại khái — performed out of routine, with little care
• Yiddish: אויבנאויפֿיק (oybnoyfik) — performed out of routine, with little care