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• s  hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  perfunctory courtesy
• s  as a formality only

• This was a perfunctory election and only Mr Jack Anderson could win as there was only one electoral candidate.
• There were many greetings on her birthday, but Diana reflected that most were perfunctory and only a few heartfelt.
• The war was long forgotten and a few perfunctory wreaths left behind by hurrying politicians infuriated the veterans.

• casual
• cursory
• passing
• pro forma

News & Articles

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• Bill O’Reilly Calls Himself ‘Fact Guy’ As He Repeats Debunked ’157 White House Visits’ Story
  Viewers of Tuesday night's The Rachel Maddow Show were treated to a perfunctory debunking of the Fox News-amplified report that former IRS head Doug Schulman visited the White House 157 times over a four year period, and now know that there were only 11 confirmed visits by Schulman. On Tuesday night, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly was again repeating the debunked ( last Friday ) story, and in a ...
  June 5, 2013 - Mediaite

Quotes

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• Jose A Cabranes in Seattle Times
  Cabranes said the panel's opinion "contains no reference whatsoever to the constitutional claims at the core of this case" and added that "this perfunctory disposition rests uneasily with the weighty issues presented by this appeal."
• Meles Zenawi in Daily Nation
  We will not be there to express its participation by merely warming the chairs or to make perfunctory speeches and statements,Mr Zenawi said.
• Mitch McConnell in U.S. News & World Report
  The Washington Times quotes Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell saying, "Not only did Judge Sotomayor misapply the law, but the perfunctory way in which she and her panel dismissed the firefighters' meritorious claims of unfair treatment is...