perfunctory

[Lat. per functor i us =done in a carele manner, done because it must be done, from perfunctus, pa. par. of per fung or =to perform thoroughly: per =thoroughly, and fung or = to per form; Sp. perfunctorio; Ital. per fun to rio.] 1. Done in a half-hearted or carele manner; done without interest or zeal; done because it must be done; carele , negligent, listle ; characterized by want of interest or zeal. "Her admonitions were given in a somewhat perfunctory manner."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. ii. 2. Doing things in a perfunctory manner; carele , listle . "Negligent, or carele , or slight, or perfunctory in his devotions." Sharp: Sermons, vol. iv., ser. 11.