perfunctoryadjective
uk/pəˈfʌŋk.tər.i/us/pɚˈfʌŋk.tɚ.i/done quickly, without taking care or interest:
His smile was perfunctory.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not paying attention
- absent
- absent-minded
- absently
- abstracted
- anyhow
- be having a moment idiom
- blind
- drop/lower your guard idiom
- faraway
- glaze
- go back to sleep! idiom
- hasty
- moment
- not take a blind bit of notice idiom
- remiss
- sideline
- slapdash
- slaphappy
- sloppy
- wander
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perfunctorily
adverb uk/pəˈfʌŋk.tər.əl.i/us/pɚˈfʌŋk.tɚ.əl.i/
The two heads of state shook hands perfunctorily for the photographers.