perfunctory

perfunctory
    adj 1: 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" [syn: {casual}, {cursory},
           {passing(a)}, {perfunctory}]
    2: as a formality only; "a one-candidate pro forma election"
       [syn: {pro forma}, {perfunctory}]
    

Perfunctory \Per*func"to*ry\ (p[~e]r*f[u^][ng]k"t[-o]*r[y^]), a.
   [L. perfunctorius, fr. perfunctus dispatched, p. p. of
   perfungi to discharge, dispatch; per (see {Per}) + fungi to
   perform. See {Function}.]
   1. Done merely to get rid of a duty; performed mechanically
      and as a thing of rote; done in a careless and superficial
      manner; characterized by indifference; as, perfunctory
      admonitions; a perfunctory greeting. --Macaulay.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Hence: Mechanical; indifferent; listless; careless.
      "Perfunctory in his devotions." --Sharp.
      [1913 Webster]
    

120 Moby Thesaurus words for "perfunctory":
      Laodicean, airy, apathetic, at odds, ataractic, automatic, averse,
      backward, balking, balky, blase, businesslike, careless, casual,
      cold, cool, cursory, degage, devil-may-care, differing, dilatory,
      disagreeing, disinclined, disinterested, dismissive, disobedient,
      dispassionate, disregardant, disregardful, distant, easygoing,
      fervorless, fleeting, flippant, forced, forgetful, formal,
      fractious, free and easy, grudging, halfhearted, hasty, heedless,
      hurried, impersonal, inattentive, inconsiderate, incurious,
      indifferent, indisposed, indocile, inexcitable, insouciant,
      involuntary, lackadaisical, laggard, lazy, listless, loath,
      lukewarm, mechanical, mindless, mutinous, negligent, neuter,
      neutral, nonchalant, oblivious, offhand, opposed, pococurante,
      recalcitrant, reckless, refractory, regardless, reluctant, removed,
      renitent, resistant, respectless, restive, routine, rushed,
      sketchy, slipshod, slovenly, slow, slow to, spotty, standard,
      stock, sulky, sullen, superficial, tactless, tepid, thoughtless,
      turned-off, unanxious, unaware, unconcerned, unconsenting,
      undiplomatic, undiscriminating, unenthusiastic, unheedful,
      unheeding, uninterested, uninvolved, unmindful, unprepared,
      unready, unsolicitous, untactful, unthinking, unwilling, unzealous,
      usual, wooden, zealless