He received perfunctory applause, but his performance was not very good.

This is a perfunctory answer - it responds to the question but without thought.

In answer to my question, he gave a perfunctory nod. The operator answered the call with a perfunctory greeting.

The movie star, who was coerced into the movie because of her contract, gave out perfunctory comments to the media.

Because he made a perfunctory effort on his project, he received a low grade.

He gave a quick, perfunctory answer to the question and did not bother to elaborate.

in his lectures he reveals himself to be a merely perfunctory speaker.

The professors perfunctory approach to teaching led his students to feel uninspired and lackadaisical!

"Perfunctory" is an adjective. It describes an action that is done with little interest or enthusiasm.

In answer to my question, he gave a perfunctory nod.

The operator answered the call with a perfunctory greeting.

The movie star, who was coerced into the movie because of her contract, gave out perfunctory comments to the media.

Because he made a perfunctory effort on his project, he received a low grade.

I think you mean perfunctory, which means in a habitual manner. He had done the same thing so many times that it was perfunctory now.

Perfunctory

In a perfunctory manner; formally; carelessly.

The Perfunctory Discord - 2012 was released on:

USA: 5 September 2012 (New Orleans 48 Hour Film Project)

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According to the SATs, yes -.-

Something being done as a duty or because it must be done but in a disinterested and half-hearted manner.

The cast of The Perfunctory Discord - 2012 includes: Mike Kimmel as Keith Flippen Scott Shilstone as Scott Han Soto as The Captured

Prefunctory is NOT a word and therefore should never be used in a sentence, regardless of any perfunctory ends the aforementioned question endeavours to meet.

Perfunctory means routine or disinterested, almost automated, as in, ' The janitor performed his duties in a perfunctory fashion.'

Cursory means superficial and the synonyms for this adjective are: brief, careless, desultory, offhand, etc.

Perusal means close scrutiny.

He held his breath during the sheriff's perusal of his car.

Her perusal of the room was perfunctory.

Synonyms:

apathetic

casual

complacent

disinterested

incurious

insensible

insouciant

nonchalant

perfunctory

unconcerned

uncurious

uninterested

To whitewash is a metaphor meaning "to gloss over or cover up vices, crimes or scandals or to exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data".

To whitewash is a metaphor meaning "to gloss over or cover up vices, crimes or scandals or to exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data".

Ultimately, Dale Junior - he showed no consistent ability to provide workable feedback to his crew, his driving frequently seemed perfunctory, and there seemed little determination to improve.

To others, tired of what they perceive as their physician's perfunctory, analytical, and sometimes cold manner, TCM offers a more humane, patient-oriented approach that encourages a high degree of practitioner-patient interaction

There are two separate answers one would be the Prime Minister and the other would be the Queen because technically speaking she still is the head of state even if only in a perfunctory position

That statement is an observation about nature, although it is a very obvious observation, which indicates a certain lazy or perfunctory attitude by the author. This was not intended to be great poetry, it was intended to meet the formal requirement of poetry without an investment of real creativity.

The word careless means not observing proper caution or diligence.

Synonyms for careless (doesn't care) include apathetic, lax, lackadaisical, heedless, indifferent, or irresponsible.

Synonyms for careless (not paying attention) include haphazard, sloppy, thoughtless, negligent, nonchalant, or perfunctory.

Definition:concise, to the pointSynonyms:arbitrary, boiled down, breviloquent, brief,compact, compacted, compendiary,compendious, condensed, cursory, curt, hasty, ina nutshell, laconic, perfunctory, pithy*,recapped, rehashed, run-down, run-through,short, short and sweet, succinct, terse

A response that involves little or no effort is often brief, lacking detail or thoughtfulness. It may come across as dismissive or perfunctory, showing little engagement or interest in the conversation. Examples include one-word answers, emojis, or generic responses that do not contribute to the discussion.

Define should!!

The longer you are in a relationship the more your kissing 'style' will change. It invariably starts off in a passionate and discovering way. As you grow into your relationship and become more comfortable with one another your kissing becomes more intimate and unfortunately sometimes a bit perfunctory.

If though the kissing stops altogether then you have a problem that needs addressing.

Scott Shilstone has: Played David in "The Brooke Ellison Story" in 2004. Played Derreck in "Odd Girl Out" in 2005. Played Scott in "Snatched" in 2011. Played Frat Boy - ATO in "Pitch Perfect" in 2012. Played Scott in "The Perfunctory Discord" in 2012. Played Brad in "Helicopter Mom" in 2014.

Well, darling, another word for 'lack of interest' is 'apathy.' It's when someone couldn't care less if their hair was on fire. So, if you're feeling apathetic, just remember that you're not alone in the 'couldn't care less' club.

"Teacher, I didn't do my homework. I know what you're thinking, 'that kid can be so irresponsible!' Please don't think bad of me. I would have done it, I swear! But I was walking down the road yesterday while reading Einstein's book of perfunctory economics, and I noticed these beautiful flowers. I had to make a choice. I knew if I took the time to do my homework then I wouldn't have time to pick those beautiful flowers for someone special to me. So, teacher, I didn't choose to do my homework... I chose YOU!" (at which point you hand her a bouquet of flowers).

She'll be so flattered she won't be able to fail you!

The stranger is more direct and assertive in his approach to Elisa in the garden, asking for work and engaging in conversation about her prized chrysanthemums. In contrast, Henry's interactions with Elisa in the garden are more casual and routine, focused on everyday matters rather than probing deeper into her thoughts and emotions. Additionally, the stranger's interest in Elisa's garden and flowers shows a different level of appreciation and curiosity compared to Henry's more perfunctory observations.

As this is asking for an opinion, you may receive multiple answers.

Answer 1
Honor killing is not permitted in Islam. The remedy for honor killing is to educate people and to tell them that it is sinful activity punishable under law and by Almighty Allah as well.

Answer 2
I agree with Answer 1, but I do not believe that it is strong enough. In addition to just "telling people" that it's illegal, government officials should make an active show of trying and severely punishing people who do this heinous act. It should be treated like any crime of intimacy, like rape, and the family who committed this act should be similarly shamed. This will serve to discourage people from doing the act on a purely perfunctory level. As it currently stands, too few honor killings are punished and those that are often result in short or unimpressive jail terms.

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· painstaking

· palatable

· pale

· paltry

· panicky

· panoramic

· parallel

· parched

· partial

· particular

· passionate

· passive

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· patient

· patriotic

· peaceful

· peculiar

· penitent

· penniless

· pensive

· perennial

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· perfunctory

· perilous

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· permissive

· perpetual

· personal

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· pessimistic

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· petty

· petulant

· phenomenal

· philanthropic

· phobic

· phony

· photogenic

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· positive

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A lithosphere is the stiff, outmost crust of a stony planet and can be identified on the foundation of its perfunctory properties. On ground, it encompasses the coating and the segment of the superior blanket that acts elastically on time levels of thousands of years or bigger. The furthest shield of a rock-strewn earth, the coating is defined on the source of its chemistry and mineralogy. All of this at this juncture is shield tectonics, the theory that Wilson produced. The lithosphere is conked out into segments called laminates. The plates budge, hauling the continents that seated on the plates as well. All of this is origined by the convection contemporary in the blanket.

Convergent boundaries: When two plates carrying continental crust smash together, the coating gets hard-pressed awake into a powerful pile assortment.

Divergent boundaries: When two plates carrying continental coating deviate, they form an unfathomable gorge called a fissure dale.

Transform boundaries: When two plates lose your balance precedent each other, touching in contrary directions, volcanic activity are produced. The position where two plates slip precedent each extra is called a liability.

People with good manners stick out above others that don't. No matter how laid back some of us can feel good manners are a must! You just never know when you are going to need them. You can be yourself around your family and friends, but when it comes to the workplace, doing personal business, at high end parties, eating at fine restaurants, etc., then you'd better have good manners. It's called ETIQUETTE! These are some topics people should know about manners a the right conduct: * http://www.answers.com/topic/politeness-niceness - a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage * http://www.answers.com/topic/urbanity-1 - polished courtesy; elegance of manner * http://www.answers.com/topic/graciousness-1 - excellence of manners or social conduct * http://www.answers.com/topic/chivalry-gallantry-politesse - courtesy towards women * http://www.answers.com/topic/deference-respect-respectfulness - courteous regard for people's feelings * http://www.answers.com/topic/civility-1 - formal or perfunctory politeness ----

The Central Processing Unit (CPU) is that part of a computer which enacts the instructions contained in software. Usually, this task is split between a control unit directing program flow and one or more execution units that manipulate data. The unenlightened often mistakenly refer to the computer case and its contents as the CPU. An easy way to improve the performance of your computer is to upgrade the CPU. Even if the CPU is ancient, it isn't too complicated.

• The first part of upgrading a CPU is to find out about the new processor, verifying compatibility with the occurrence, power and stepping of the CPU and motherboard. The type of slot or socket housing the processor is the principal determinant off what upgrades are available.

• You must ascertain whether a BIOS upgrade is needed for a motherboard to handle a different CPU. Earlier motherboards could possibly not accommodate the electrical and perfunctory needs of a new CPU. If you still have the manual, the information will be there. Otherwise, contact the manufacturer of your system or 3rd party motherboard. Your first port of call is the website of the manufacturer. If no data can be found, probably the board is incompatible with new CPUs.

• Upgrading the CPU will entail that new software be installed to ensure programs work properly.

• One of the first things noticed after an upgrade will be faster transfer of files.

You should consider a CPU upgrade after one or two years if you play up-to- date games, edit photos or encode video. If all you do is surf the web, check email and write documents, you can probably do without it.

Petite essentially means "small". In legalese, it essentially means, "not regular".

In olden times, petite courts, or "Petit Session Courts" were perfunctory courts dispatched on behalf of the king to pick up on civil matters that could include criminal matters; but were civil in the sense that they were subject to civilians who were given the right to make claims against the state or other parties. In short, they were courts meant to meet the needs of the people at a time when regular courts were not in session, and/or regular courts were alleviated from having to deal with, or never have dealt with before because there was no venue for the people to make a certain kind of grievance for a government department or project that did not beforehand exist. What it came down to was this: If the king never made a decree, then there was no impetus for complaints to levee against the king's decree (not that the decree was injurious or wrong; but that the king's decree created a right, entitlement, or issue never before realized), and so no special court is given yet to make amends for a decree that was never yet given.

In modern day parlance, Petite Courts have become known to be "Claims Courts" in the US Federal government. But state to state court systems may actually use that term for regular, criminal circuit courts because of the use of the "Petit Jury" found in such courts that can give the verdict of fault, innocence, or acquittal. Because of that common usage of Petit Jury it has come about to be deemed a "Petit Court Jury" even though it is that circuit court that is not doing a perfunctory role of a claims court. So the meaning has become blurred and ambiguous in common usage, and apparently so from state to state, because regular courts get referred to as "Petite" or "Petit" because of the trial by an impartial jury of peers to determine hazards of harm against persons. A lot of it depends on how the court originally came into existence and how it was restructured over time to the point the nomenclature (naming) of the court stuck with that office title for sake of consistency.

In the view of Common Law claims and issues collectively are known as "temporal affairs" because they often had nothing to do with moral civil codes of criminality. Often temporal affairs dealt with business commerce and the naturalization and services of subjects "citizens" of the state. In a court of law, a subject is the person or party who is filing the complaint, aka, the "Petitioner" and not the object of the case, the defendant or respondent in the notation of People (subject) vs. State (object). This seems counter-intuitive to us because we so often hear the term "subject of the king" or "subject of the state" in a manner that is akin to subservience or obedience.

Yet, a law abiding citizen has rights and entitlements due for obeying laws, and the Civil Law came about to help citizens have rights in court on the hazard of being found a law breaker because commoners tended to not now details of laws they never heard of or could ever to ignorant to comprehend. So Civil Law came into being to protect people with Due Process from the automatic prosecution by the king (the king arbitrarily throws in jail whomsoever he pleases) and injustice of bias by the court by the protection of a jury of peers whom likewise are subject to the same laws. Classic and perfunctory Petite Courts that process claims essentially are summarized and automated adjudication of the whole indictment, arrest, arraignment, court hearings, judgment, and sentencing process for sake of expediency and so often lack a lot of the familiar trappings that we know as being a court case; but it is still a judgment with the weight and affect of a court case. Filing to obtain something like a Driver's License is, in a sense, a claim and the license is a judgment that has such force that you are freely able to show it around as proof of citizenry, legal grant to drive on public roads, and identity to a host of organizations of all stripes.

Claims courts are rather different because there is no Grand Jury standing in the way of a citizen to review whether you have the right to make a claim or not. You just make a claim, and then the claim gets reviewed by an appointed authority. But the claims clerk acts like a Grand Jury by pre-qualifying that a claim is filled out correctly with all the proper evidence before sending the claim up the chain. Grand Juries throw out charges before ever reaching the court after arrest and arraignment to answer charges before a judge because when the people of the Grand Jury throw out a charge then there is no charge for the accused to give an answer to. In this, claims clerks are very important people you want to show your gratitude to because they sort of have the power of a Grand Jury rolled up in one person. They can stop your claim cold on their own judgment such that the government never is held in audience to give an answer to.