perfunctory

The question was perfunctory, and she knew what the answer would be.

I asked, although it was a perfunctory question at best.

He thought it best to get the perfunctory information out of the way, first.

The history section at the start of the book was perfunctory.

After making a perfunctory campaign stop here in 1992, he had not returned.

Given the four hours of sleep, my run was a bit on the perfunctory side.

She made a perfunctory attempt at getting out of the car.

The process of taking the pictures was more than a little perfunctory.

He gave a perfunctory tour of the department on the way back to his office.

Despite the quality of the music, there was something rather perfunctory about the whole thing.

He smiled back in a perfunctory sort of way and kept going.

I cannot find a primary source at all, though my research has been perfunctory.

So the man got up and made a perfunctory bow.

But after perfunctory conversation - What army were you in?

Could its population be fed every day in anything more than the most perfunctory way?

The others looked at him politely, if with, perhaps, a rather perfunctory interest.

He gave Mark a perfunctory look and me a harder one.

But I didn't want to work in a perfunctory job.

Up until recently I worked for a computer company, which was full of very perfunctory human beings.

"It all came together and drew out a process that most people thought would be perfunctory."

There was a perfunctory security lock on the building's main door.

The voice on the other end again delivered the perfunctory message.

It had been a very perfunctory embrace, no more than what was needed for show.

Even so, it would be best if the investigation was limited to a perfunctory level.

They were swift and perfunctory but I think she learned much from them.