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Example sentences for: perfunctory

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The piece itself is tame and perfunctory, but when you open the paper to Page A12 where it continues, your eye travels immediately to the continuation of another front-page story headlined "G.O.P.
The version of this column available only to subscribers is not the rather perfunctory sales pitch you see before you.
Subsequent inaugurals routinely contain protestations of humility, but they are perfunctory and do not sound sincere.
Under-researched and perfunctory (no editor or reporter wants this unrewarding, time-consuming assignment), tending toward hyperbole (once a writer has picked things to preview, he has to justify his choices), previews nonetheless provide a valuable service.
Democrats gave her only a perfunctory welcome.