At his swearing-in he gave the king a perfunctory peck on the shoulder, not a full bow-and-kiss on the hand.
In this age of social media, text messages, and instant emails, it might seem acceptable to turn down a job offer in a perfunctory manner.
As the ball wandered into foul territory and Piazza began a perfunctory gait toward first base, Clemens picked up the barrel of Piazza's shattered bat and threw it at him.
The result is so conscious of its contribution to the moral debate that it forgets to wake up as a movie, and the shots of a ruined Berlin are a perfunctory joke.
However, this great virtue of her approach turns into a great vice in the context of her broader message, which seems to regard anything beyond a perfunctory interest in the well-being of others as vaguely illicit.
My potential employer asked me a few more perfunctory questions and then saw me to the door.
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Many believe he got a free pass from perfunctory earlier hearings, and they welcome these new opportunities to have him face the music of serious inquiry.
That means going beyond perfunctory donations to charity and throwing a few eco-friendly products into the store mix, but instead, making ethical retailing an integral part of a business strategy.
The AMP (area mail processing) studies are a sham and the process is entirely perfunctory.
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"In a review that is nothing short of perfunctory, " he wrote, the majority had merely accepted the university's "assurances" that its policies were constitutional.
If you are worn down by the cold enthusiasm of professional sports, the joyless grind through the schedule and the perfunctory fist-bumps of millionaires, here is a team unafraid to let their personalities slip through, and let a game feel like a game.
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As a result, the START II Treaty was brought up just before Christmas for perfunctory consideration.
As governor, Bush has zero foreign policy experience, except for occasional, perfunctory meetings with Mexican officials, standard fare for any border state governor, but surely no preparation for brokering a tough agreement between Israeli Prime Minister Barak and Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat.
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