perfunctionn.
/pəˈfʌŋ(k)ʃn/, U.S. /pərˈfəŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n/ rare.
The action of finishing or accomplishing something. Also in later use: perfunctoriness.
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the world > action or operation > completing > [noun]
enda1300
chevisancec1330
applyinga1382
perfectiona1382
pointc1385
finishmentc1400
accomplishingc1405
complement1419
consummationa1425
effecta1425
performinga1425
accomplishment1425
fining?1448
complishing1449
complishment1454
achevisauncec1475
achievement1477
perfectinga1513
cheving?1518
furniture1529
achievance1531
exploiture1531
exploiting1538
perimplishment1554
consummating1555
finishing?1563
chevance1570
coronation1582
crowning1586
adimpletion1624
fulfilment1624
complusmenta1628
completure1642
completement1652
transaction1655
patration1656
perfunction1656
completion1657
completing1727
ultimation1791
finality1833
perfectuation1859
fruition1885
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > carelessness or lack of thoroughness or exactness
superficiality1618
perfunctoriness1626
slovenliness1641
overliness1650
perfunction1656
cursoriness1727
slightness1817
slapdash1826
rough and readiness1854
superficialism1860
slapdasherya1871
sloppiness1884
slapdashness1929
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Perfunction, a doing or enduring a thing to the end, an accomplishing or finishing a matter.
1847 J. Brown Let. Jan. (1912) 96 A Happy New Year to the Sher.-Sub. of Bute—more health, more glee..more of articulation (article making), more of to me epistolary correspondence perfunction.
1914 Science 10 July 61/1 Perfunction is the oil that smooths administration, but it clogs and dams personality.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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