But these reading textbooks make only the most perfunctory efforts to incorporate classic literature.

Women's groups also say the Army has made only perfunctory efforts to tackle the problem.

Then his gaze flicked back to his brother-in-law, who was making a perfunctory effort to secure his makeshift loincloth.

It was a perfunctory effort.

After the war, America made only perfunctory efforts to recover the German gold held by neutral nations.

But New York has made only a perfunctory effort to do so.

Parking offenders feel the full weight of the law, while only the most perfunctory efforts are made to go after, say, bicycle thieves.

A perfunctory effort had been made to hide the tracks and the churned-up ground where something heavy had been dragged or rolled.

The result was a D and the comment: "This is a perfunctory effort.

The withdrawal, officials said, means that the board's perfunctory effort to find new candidates while negotiating with Dr. Gifford will be rapidly expanded.