na. | 1. muddle with one's duty; be halfhearted about ...; be perfunctory in one's work; do just enough to get by; do things perfunctorily; do enough merely to fulfil the surface of formal requirements of office without regard for quality; do things as a mere discharge of one's duties; give a lick and a promise; irresponsible; make a display and evade responsibility; make a show of doing one's duty; perform one's duties as routine functions; without care or interest; perform one's duty in a perfunctory manner; with a perfunctory gesture |
