perfunctoriness

noun

Definition of perfunctorinessnext
as in indifference

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  1. indifference
  2. apathy
  3. disinterestedness
Noun
  • Their families alleged either excessive force or deliberate indifference to life-threatening medical conditions for people in pretrial detention.
    Sarah Metz, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2024
  • None of the men were found guilty of the counts of deprivation of rights under color of the law for excessive force and for failure to intervene or deliberate indifference, but Haley was convicted of the lesser counts for each, which involved bodily injury.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of indifference
Noun
  • What’s the difference between ignorance and apathy?
    Fiona Tapp, Parents, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Nearly two million voters are eligible to participate in the election, but voter apathy has been a persistent issue in recent years, with many residents disillusioned by the slow pace of change and the ongoing struggles with economic inequality and political corruption.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of apathy
Noun
  • The Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs then assumed the initiative by denying Peru's disinterestedness, charging Peru with seeking to injure Chilean interests by her nitrate measures, and with keeping secret the treaty of alliance between Peru and Bolivia.
    Edwin M. Borchard, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2011
  • The first had to do with the principle of disinterestedness, which called for partisan politics to be kept out of scholarship and the classroom.
    Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2021
Definition of disinterestedness
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