English Dictionary

perfunctory

IPA（発音記号）

/pəˈfʌŋk.t(ə)ɹɪ/

形容詞

Done only or merely to conform to a minimal standard or to fulfill a protocol or presumptive duty. / Performed in a careless or indifferent manner as a thing of rote.

日本語の意味

最低限の基準や義務を満たすためだけに行われる / 形式的でいい加減な、または手抜きの

Her perfunctory nod convinced no one in the meeting that she supported the proposal.

彼女の形式的なうなずきは、会議の誰にも提案を支持しているとは思わせなかった。

意味（1）

Done only or merely to conform to a minimal standard or to fulfill a protocol or presumptive duty.

I caught the gist of what he was saying--which in effect was that he had found and captured this Galu, that she was his and that he defied anyone to question his right of possession. It appeared to me, as I afterward learned was the fact, that I was witnessing the most primitive of marriage ceremonies. The assembled members of the tribe looked on and listened in a sort of dull and perfunctory apathy, for the speaker was by far the mightiest of the clan.

意味（2）

Performed in a careless or indifferent manner as a thing of rote.

Alternatively it may mean that a perfunctory search is enough to ensure that a purchase is acceptable, so less search is carried out.

more perfunctory （ comparative ）

most perfunctory （ superlative ）