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perfunctory
Definition: (adjective) unenthusiastic, routine, or mechanical.
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a·ment2  audio  (mnt, mnt) KEY 

NOUN:
A person with severely deficient intellectual capacity.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin mns, ment-, insane : -, ab-, out of ; see ab-1 + mns, mind; see men-1 in Indo-European roots


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