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perfunctory
Definition: (adjective) unenthusiastic, routine, or mechanical.
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azo- or az-

pref.
Containing a nitrogen group, especially one attached at both ends in a covalent bond to other groups: azole.
ETYMOLOGY:
From French azote, nitrogen : Greek a-, not ; see a-1 + Greek z, life (from the fact that nitrogen does not support respiration); see gwei- in Indo-European roots


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