English-Spanish translations for perfunctory

• perfunctorio
• rutinario
  Señor Presidente, hace algunos años, los procedimientos de aprobación de la gestión en esta Asamblea solían ser debates rutinarios y desde luego no se celebraban un martes por la mañana. Mr President, a few years ago discharges in this House used to be perfunctory debates, certainly not held on Tuesday mornings.
• superficial
  Los directamente afectados, es decir, las autoridades locales y las empresas, solo reciben información superficial. Those directly concerned, or in other words local governments and businesses, receive only perfunctory information.
  Sin embargo, quiero resaltar el trato más bien superficial de los daños causados por las heladas, que también son una forma de catástrofe natural. However, I would like to highlight the rather perfunctory treatment of the damages caused by frost, which is also a form of natural disaster.
  Antes de seguir adelante debemos saber -no de forma superficial, sino mediante una evaluación detallada y exhaustiva- qué significa esto. Before we go any further we want to know - not in a perfunctory exercise but in a detailed and comprehensive assessment - what this means.

Definition of perfunctory

• Done only to fulfil a duty, or in a careless or indifferent manner; performed mechanically and as a thing of rote

Examples

• He did a perfunctory job cleaning his dads car, finishing quickly but leaving a few spots still dirty

Related words

• perfume
• perfumery
• perfumed
• perfuse
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• perfumer
• perfumy
• hemoperfusion