perfunctoriness
- noun
- /pərˈfʌŋk.tər.i.nəs/
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superficialidad
- The employee's perfunctoriness in handling customer complaints led to several unresolved issues.
Examples
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Her perfunctoriness in the presentation was evident, as she rushed through the slides without engaging with the audience.
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He completed the assignment with a clear sense of perfunctoriness, barely paying attention to the details.
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"Never has the perfunctoriness of plot "been so mechanised and twisted by soulless contrivance..."
Synonyms
71
4.6
Lack of interest or concern about something
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6.2
A lack of interest or care about things
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5.8
Not feeling interested in something, like a talk or task
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6.1
A state of not feeling worried or interested about something
Antonyms
How Interested
Surface Forms
Morphology
perfunctoriness = perfunctory (transparent) = perfunctory + ness
Regular noun formation from the adjective 'perfunctory' using the productive suffix '-ness', so the meaning is directly derived from the adjective.
Etymology
Perfunctoriness comes from per- meaning 'through' and funct (as in function) meaning 'to do'. It gives the image of doing something 'through the motions' just to finish it, so perfunctoriness means doing a task with little care or interest.