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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Perfunctory

adjective
(of an action of gesture) carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection; careless, negligent.

Paul pushes us to lose our perfunctory nature, and struggle with the weight of Christ.
He gave a perfunctory glance at the child's drawing and walked away.
Tim won't even give Britney Spear's new album a perfunctory listen.

Inspired by Rufus Wainwright's I Don't Know What It Is when he sings, "...want a locket of who / made me lose my perfunctory view..."