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