perfunctory
done with little care or merely as routine
Roots
Other words with the funct root
- function: purpose, role, or performance
- functional: working or serving a purpose
- functionary: official who performs a role, often routinely
Perfunctory is action performed through as a duty, without real attention.
His perfunctory apology made the room colder.
Perfunctory has the tone of duty without attention: the action gets performed, but the person is only going through it.