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perfunctory
Definition: (adjective) unenthusiastic, routine, or mechanical.
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scorn  audio  (skôrn) KEY 

NOUN:
    1. Contempt or disdain felt toward a person or object considered despicable or unworthy.
    2. The expression of such an attitude in behavior or speech; derision.
  2. One spoken of or treated with contempt.
VERB:
scorned, scorn·ing, scorns
VERB:
tr.
  1. To consider or treat as contemptible or unworthy.
  2. To reject or refuse with derision. See Synonyms at despise.
VERB:
intr.
To express contempt; scoff.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French escarn, of Germanic origin

OTHER FORMS:
scorner(Noun), scornful(Adjective), scornful·ly(Adverb), scornful·ness(Noun)


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