Perfunctory
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

4 letters

FAST
Abstaining from food

COOL
Loose heat; "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm"

5 letters

FALSE
Deliberately deceptive; "false pretenses"

STOCK
Any animals kept for use or profit

HASTY
Excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell"

QUICK
Accomplished rapidly and without delay; "was quick to make friends"; "his quick reaction prevented an accident"; "hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem"; "a speedy recovery"; "he has a right to a speedy trial"

LOOSE
Become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

TOKEN
Something of sentimental value

USUAL
Occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure; "grew the usual vegetables"; "the usual summer heat"; "came at the usual time"; "the child's usual bedtime"

ROUGH
Of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

BALMY
Mild and pleasant; "balmy days and nights"; "the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth"; "a soft breeze"

TEPID
Feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm; "a halfhearted effort"; "gave only lukewarm support to the candidate"

TOKEN

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SMELLY
Offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"

WOODEN
Made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood; "a wooden box"; "an ancient cart with wooden wheels"

RUSHED
Done under pressure; "a rush job"

CASUAL
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"

SPEEDY
Accomplished rapidly and without delay; "was quick to make friends"; "his quick reaction prevented an accident"; "hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem"; "a speedy recovery"; "he has a right to a speedy trial"

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ROUTINE
An unvarying or habitual method or procedure

HURRIED
Moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste; "a hurried trip to the store"; "the hurried life of a city"; "a hurried job"

OFFHAND
In a casually inconsiderate manner; "replied offhand, his mind a million miles away"; "she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter"

CURSORY
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"

PASSING
Allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily; "a passing grade"

SUMMARY
A brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form; "he gave a summary of the conclusions"

SKETCHY
Giving only major points; lacking completeness; "a sketchy account"; "details of the plan remain sketchy"

UNAWARE
(often followed by `of') not aware; "seemed unaware of the scrutiny"; "unaware of the danger they were in"; "unaware of the newborn hope"; "the most unaware person I've known"

CONCISE
Expressing much in few words; "a concise explanation"

SCENTED
(used in combination) having the odor of; "clean-scented laundry"; "a manure-scented barnyard"

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LAIDBACK

SLOVENLY
Negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt; "filled the door with her frowzy bulk"; "frowzy white hair"; "slovenly appearance"

SMELLING
The act of perceiving the odor of something

HABITUAL
Commonly used or practiced; usual; "his accustomed thoroughness"; "took his customary morning walk"; "his habitual comment"; "with her wonted candor"

CARELESS
Effortless and unstudied; "an impression of careless elegance"; "danced with careless grace"

PROFORMA
As a formality only; "a one-candidate pro forma election"

INCENSED
Angered at something unjust or wrong; "an indignant denial"; "incensed at the judges' unfairness"; "a look of outraged disbelief"; "umbrageous at the loss of their territory"

HEEDLESS
Marked by or paying little heed or attention; "We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"--Franklin D. Roosevelt; "heedless of danger"; "heedless of the child's crying"

SLIPSHOD
Marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship"

STANDARD
The ideal in terms of which something can be judged; "they live by the standards of their community"

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NEGLIGENT
Characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern; "negligent parents"; "negligent of detail"; "negligent in his correspondence"

AUTOMATIC
A pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released

APATHETIC
Showing little or no emotion or animation; "a woman who became active rather than apathetic as she grew older"

SCENTLESS
Emitting or holding no odor; "scentless wisps of straw"; "a scentless stretch of rocky ground"

10 letters

UNCRITICAL
Not critical; not tending to find or call attention to errors; "a devoted and almost uncritical admirer"

OILBEARING

NONCHALANT
Marked by blithe unconcern; "an ability to interest casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner"

NONCHALANT
Marked by blithe unconcern; "an ability to interest casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner"

MECHANICAL
Relating to or concerned with machinery or tools; "mechanical arts"; "mechanical design"; "mechanical skills"

UNINVOLVED
Showing lack of emotional involvement; "adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair"- J.S.Perelman; "she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive"; "an uninvolved bystander"

STEREOTYPE
A conventional or formulaic conception or image; "regional stereotypes have been part of America since its founding"

STEREOTYPE
A conventional or formulaic conception or image; "regional stereotypes have been part of America since its founding"

IMPERSONAL
Having no personal preference; "impersonal criticism"; "a neutral observer"

IMPERSONAL
Having no personal preference; "impersonal criticism"; "a neutral observer"

UNTHINKING
Mentally sluggish

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INATTENTIVE
Not showing due care or attention; "inattentive students"; "an inattentive babysitter"; "neglectful parents"

INDIFFERENT
Being neither good nor bad; "an indifferent performance"; "a gifted painter but an indifferent actor"; "her work at the office is passable"; "a so-so golfer"; "feeling only so-so"; "prepared a tolerable dinner"; "a tolerable working knowledge of French"

SUPERFICIAL
Of little substance or significance; "a few superficial editorial changes"; "only trivial objections"

INVOLUNTARY
Controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control; "involuntary muscles"; "gave an involuntary start"

MACHINELIKE
Resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine; "an automatic `thank you'"; "machinelike efficiency"

HALFHEARTED
Feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm; "a halfhearted effort"; "gave only lukewarm support to the candidate"

ODORIFEROUS
Emitting an odor; "odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack"

UNCONCERNED
Lacking in interest or care or feeling; "the average American...is unconcerned that his or her plight is the result of a complex of personal and economic and governmental actions...beyond the normal citizen's comprehension and control"; "blithely unconcerned about his friend's plight"

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ASAFORMALITY
In a set manner without serious attention; "they answered my letter pro forma"; "he kissed her cheek perfunctorily"

UNINTERESTED
Having no care or interest in knowing; "she appeared totally uninterested"

CONCENTRATED
Gathered together or made less diffuse; "their concentrated efforts"; "his concentrated attention"; "concentrated study"; "a narrow thread of concentrated ore"

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LACKADAISICAL
Idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way; "she was annoyingly lackadaisical and impractical"; "a...lackadaisical, spiritless young man-about-town"- P.G.Wodehouse

DISINTERESTED
Unaffected by self-interest

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UNENTHUSIASTIC
Not enthusiastic; lacking excitement or ardor; "an unenthusiastic performance by the orchestra"; "unenthusiastic applause"