Today’s “Word of the Day” is perfunctory and it is an adjective meaning “relating to something (an action) done without much attention/concern/interest/effort; casual, token, routine, automatic, cursory, inattentive, incurious, standard; quick, rapid, brief”.
Example Sentence: During past evacuation missions, officials quietly did their work and the media was tolerated at best…The two operations are among at least 30 such evacuations, including the biggest one of 1.17 lakh Indians from the Gulf in 1990 during the Iraq war… When we returned, the welcome was perfunctory, with no senior official, let alone minister, there to address returning citizens. Times have changed.
This word is present in The Hindu article Rescue missions without fanfare and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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