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perfunctory
Definition: (adjective) unenthusiastic, routine, or mechanical.
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judgment also judgement

noun
  1. A position arrived at by reasoning from premises or general principles: conclusion, deduction, illation, illative, inference. See reason
  2. The ability to make sensible decisions: common sense, sense, wisdom. Informal: gumption, horse sense. See ability
  3. The act or result of judging the worth or value of something or someone: appraisal, appraisement, assessment, estimate, estimation, evaluation, valuation. See value
  4. An authoritative or official decision, especially one made by a court: decree, determination, edict, pronouncement, ruling. See law
  5. A judicial decision, especially one setting the punishment to be inflicted on a convicted person: sentence. Slang: rap1. See law