See perfunctory on Wiktionary
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"sense": "performed out of routine, with little care",
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"sense": "performed out of routine, with little care",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "performed out of routine, with little care",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "performed out of routine, with little care",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
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"sense": "performed out of routine, with little care",
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"sense": "performed out of routine, with little care",
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "performed out of routine, with little care",
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"sense": "performed out of routine, with little care",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "performed out of routine, with little care",
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"word": "御座成の"
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"sense": "performed out of routine, with little care",
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "performed out of routine, with little care",
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"sense": "performed out of routine, with little care",
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"sense": "performed out of routine, with little care",
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"word": "машина́льный"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "performed out of routine, with little care",
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"sense": "performed out of routine, with little care",
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "performed out of routine, with little care",
"word": "perfunctorio"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "performed out of routine, with little care",
"word": "rutinario"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"word": "somero"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "performed out of routine, with little care",
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "performed out of routine, with little care",
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "performed out of routine, with little care",
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
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"sense": "performed out of routine, with little care",
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"sense": "performed out of routine, with little care",
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"sense": "performed out of routine, with little care",
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "performed out of routine, with little care",
"word": "qua loa"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "performed out of routine, with little care",
"word": "hời hợt"
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "performed out of routine, with little care",
"word": "đại khái"
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{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "oybnoyfik",
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