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perfunctory
Definition: (adjective) unenthusiastic, routine, or mechanical.
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jail

noun
A place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention: brig, house of correction, keep, penitentiary, prison. Informal: lockup, pen3. Slang: big house, can, clink, cooler, coop, hoosegow, joint, jug, pokey1, slammer, stir2. Chiefly Regional: calaboose. See free
verb
To put in jail: confine, detain, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, lock (up). See free