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perfunctory
Definition: (adjective) unenthusiastic, routine, or mechanical.
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haut·boy also haut·bois  audio  (hboi, boi) KEY 

NOUN:
pl. haut·boys, also haut·bois  (-boiz) KEY 
An oboe.
ETYMOLOGY:
French hautbois, from Old French : haut, high ; see haughty + bois, wood ( of Germanic origin)


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