- Types Of Speech
- You can use perfunctory as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Perfunctory
- A 4 syllables adjective satellite and 11 letters with the letters c, e, f, n, o, p, r, t, u, and y, 8 consonants, 3 vowels and 4 syllables with the middle letter n. Perfunctory starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters p, pe, per, perf, perfu, and the ending characters are y, ry, ory, tory, ctory, ..
- Definition
- Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house''s structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"
- Origin/Roots
- Late Latin
- School Grade
- Perfunctory is set as a sat word that starts with p, ends with y, 4 syllables, 3 vowels and 11 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Perfunctory in Pig Latin is said as "erfunctorypay or erfunctorypway".
- Unigram
- p | e | r | f | u | n | c | t | o | r | y
- Bigram
- pe | er | rf | fu | un | nc | ct | to | or | ry
- Trigram
- per | erf | rfu | fun | unc | nct | cto | tor | ory
- Quadrigram
- perf | erfu | rfun | func | unct | ncto | ctor | tory
- Word Gram
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- hasty and without attention to detail;
not thorough;
"a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws";
"a passing glance";
"perfunctory courtesy" - as a formality only;
"a one-candidate pro forma election"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Accessory | a supplementary component that improves capability |
| Accidental | a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature |
| Accidentally | without advance planning "they met accidentally" |
| Ad Lib | |
| Add On | |
| Additional | existing or coming by way of addition "an additional problem" "further information" "there will be further delays" "took more time" |
| Adjunct | a construction that is part of a sentence but not essential to its meaning and can be omitted without making the sentence ungrammatical |
| Adjuvant | an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment |
| Adriftp | |
| Adscititious | added to supplement "adscititious remarks" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Perfunctory
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Perfunctory | hasty and without attention to detail not thorough "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house''s structural flaws" "a passing glance" "perfunctory courtesy" |
View English words with the unique letters used in perfunctory. Words With The Letters Cefnoprtuy
| Similar Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Careless | effortless and unstudied; "an impression of careless elegance"; "danced with careless grace" |
Perfunctory Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With P
- Ends With Y
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