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Showing words for PERFUNCTORY using the English dictionary

11 Letter Words for Perfunctory

perfunctory

8 Letter Words for Perfunctory

confuter, courtepy, forceput, foreturn, fronture, precornu, trouncer

7 Letter Words for Perfunctory

century, confute, conteur, cornute, corrupt, counter, country, courter, crofter, crouper, crypton, current, ectropy, encrypt, entropy, eutropy, forerun, fortune, fronter, frounce, functor, opencut, pectron, porrect, porture, potency, poufter, pouncer, pouncet, precony, procure, profert, proneur, puceron, purrone, putrefy, recount, rectory, refront, torpefy, torrefy, tourney, trounce, trouper, turnery, uncropt, upfront

6 Letter Words for Perfunctory

centro, centry, ceptor, confer, conrey, conter, conure, copter, corner, cornet, corrup, cotery, cotype, county, couper, courty, couter, coyure, crepon, cronet, croupe, croupy, croute, cruent, cruety, crufty, crypto, cuerpo, curney, curter, cytone, econut, ectopy, enfort, entour, euryon, eutony, forcer, forcet, forcut, forpet, forren, forrue, founce, founte, fourer, fourre, fouter, froren, frorne, ftnerr, furner, octyne, ornery, outcry, outpry, penury, percur, pernor, perron, peyton, poetry, porret, porter, poucer, poucey, pounce, pouncy, pouter, precut, pretor, pretry, procne, profer, proner, proyne, pruner, pteron, puerto, puncto, punter, pyoner, pyrone, recopy, recoup, recour, recrop, rector, refont, report, repour, retorn, retour, returf, return, roncet, ropery, roture, rounce, rouncy, rouper, roupet, router, rufter, rupert, tenury, terron, torney, tourer, tourne, troner, troper, troupe, turfen, turner, turney, turnor, tyrone, uncoft, uncope, uncore, unfret, unrope, uptore, uptorn

5 Letter Words for Perfunctory

cento, centu, certy, coner, confr, conte, contr, copen, coper, corer, corey, cornu, corny, corpn, count, coupe, coure, court, coyer, coypu, crept, crepy, croft, crone, crony, crore, croup, crout, cruet, cruft, crunt, cruor, crypt, cunye, curer, curet, curny, curry, cuter, cutey, cypre, cyton, encup, enrut, entry, erron, eruct, erupt, ferny, ferry, fetor, force, forcy, foret, forte, forty, fouer, fouet, fount, foute, fouty, foyer, foyne, freon, freyr, front, frore, frorn, frory, fryer, fuero, furor, furry, futon, necro, netop, norry, noter, nurry, ocyte, often, ofter, oncer, oncet, onery, opter, ounce, outen, outer, outre, peony, perry, perty, petro, ponce, poncy, poney, ponty, porer, poret, porny, porry, porte, porty, poter, pouce, poucy, pouty, poynt, prent, prone, prore, prote, proyn, prune, prunt, pucer, punce, punct, punto, punty, purer, purey, purre, purry, purty, puton, pynot, recon, recpt, recto, recur, recut, refry, repot, repro, repry, rerun, retro, retry, ronte, roper, rorty, roter, rouen, roupy, route, royet, royne, runer, runty, ryper, tecon, tenor, tepor, tepoy, terry, toner, toney, toper, toupe, tourn, toyer, tronc, trone, trope, troue, truce, truer, tryer, tuner, turco, turfy, tuyer, typer, uncoy, unpot, untop, upcry, urent, utero, youre, yourn, yourt, yrent, yupon

4 Letter Words for Perfunctory

cent, cern, cero, cert, coef, coft, cone, conf, cont, cony, cope, copr, copt, copy, core, corf, corn, corp, corr, cort, cory, cote, coue, coup, cour, coyn, crop, croy, crpe, crue, crup, crut, cunt, cuon, cure, curf, curn, curr, curt, cury, cute, cyon, cyte, econ, ecru, ecto, ency, ento, entr, enuf, eruc, eton, euro, eyot, fent, fern, ferr, feru, foen, fone, font, fore, fort, foun, four, fren, fret, frey, froe, frot, funt, furn, furo, furr, fury, fute, fuye, fyce, neut, nope, nore, note, noup, nout, nurr, nyet, once, oner, opec, open, orfe, ourn, outr, oyer, pent, peon, perf, pern, pert, peru, peto, pnce, poet, pone, pont, pony, porc, pore, porn, porr, port, pory, pote, pouf, pour, pout, prec, pref, pret, prey, proc, prof, pron, prut, puce, puer, punt, puny, pure, purr, pyet, pyne, pyot, pyre, pyro, rcpt, rect, refr, reft, reno, rent, reny, repo, repr, rept, roer, roey, rone, ront, rope, ropy, rort, rory, rotc, rote, roue, roun, roup, rout, royt, ruen, ruer, rune, runt, rurp, ryen, ryfe, rynt, ryot, rype, terf, tern, terp, terr, toey, tofu, tone, tony, tope, torc, tore, torn, torr, toru, toun, toup, tour, trey, tron, trop, troy, true, trun, trye, tryp, tune, tuno, tuny, turf, turn, turp, turr, tyer, tyne, type, typo, tyro, tyrr, ufer, unce, unco, unct, unto, upon, yern, yont, yore, yote, youp, your, yuft, yurt

3 Letter Words for Perfunctory

cen, ceo, cep, cer, con, cop, cor, cot, coy, cpo, cpr, cpt, cpu, cro, crt, cru, cry, cte, ctf, ctn, cto, ctr, cue, cun, cup, cur, cut, cyp, eco, ect, ecu, eft, enc, eof, eon, erf, ern, err, ert, etc, ety, eyn, eyr, fcp, fcy, fec, fen, fer, fet, feu, fey, foe, fon, fop, for, fot, fou, foy, fro, frt, fry, ftp, fun, fur, fut, nco, nef, neo, nep, net, nor, not, noy, nur, nut, nye, oct, oer, oft, one, ont, ony, ope, opt, orc, ore, orf, ort, ory, otc, ouf, oup, our, out, oye, pcf, pct, pec, pen, per, pet, pfc, pon, por, pot, poy, prc, pre, prf, prn, pro, pry, pte, pty, pun, pur, put, puy, pye, pyr, rct, rec, ref, rep, roc, roe, ron, rot, rpt, rte, ruc, rue, run, rut, rye, tcp, tec, tef, ten, ter, tfr, toc, toe, ton, top, tor, tou, toy, trf, trp, try, tue, tun, tup, tur, tuy, tye, typ, tyr, uey, ufo, unc, unp, upo, ure, urf, urn, urp, utc, ute, yen, yeo, yep, yer, yet, yoe, yon, yor, yot, you, yue, yup

Definitions for Perfunctory

[1] performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
[2] lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm; indifferent or apathetic: In his lectures he reveals himself to be merely a perfunctory speaker.
[3] done superficially, only as a matter of routine; careless or cursory
[4] dull or indifferent

Words related to Perfunctory

sketchy, cursory, superficial, offhand, apathetic, careless, cool, disinterested, heedless, impersonal, inattentive, indifferent, involuntary, lackadaisical, laid-back, mechanical, negligent, routine, slipshod, slovenly

Words nearby Perfunctory

performing, performing arts, perfume, perfumer, perfumery, perfunctory, perfusate, perfuse, perfusion, pergamum, pergelisol

Origin of Perfunctory

1575–85; < Late Latin perfūnctōrius negligent, superficial, derivative of perfungī to do one's job, be done, equivalent to per- per- + fung-, base of fungī to perform, function + -tōrius -tory1

Other words from Perfunctory

per·func·to·ri·ly , adverb
per·func·to·ri·ness , noun

Word origin for Perfunctory

C16: from Late Latin perfunctōrius negligent, from perfunctus dispatched, from perfungī to fulfil; see function

Synonyms for Perfunctory

cursory, offhand, sketchy, superficial, apathetic, careless, cool, disinterested, going through the motions, heedless, impersonal, inattentive, indifferent, involuntary, lackadaisical, laid-back, mechanical, negligent, phoning it in, routine, slipshod, slovenly, standard, stereotyped, stock, unaware, unconcerned, uninterested, usual, walking through it, wooden