perfunctoriness
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- 22
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- 27
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- 15
Definition of perfunctoriness
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable)The characteristic or state of being perfunctory.
“When at dusk she reached the Melchester station her husband was there to meet her, but in his perfunctoriness and her preoccupation they did not see each other, and she went out of the station alone.”
“Claudia accomplished some shopping in the spirit of perfunctoriness that robs even new bonnets of their bloom.”
“His hard-core images are delivered with a ho-hum perfunctoriness that often enervates his surfaces. . . . [H]is orgies are inert.”
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Etymology
From perfunctory + -ness.
Words you can make from perfunctoriness
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Best play superinfects 19 points14-letter words
1 word13-letter words
2 words12-letter words
6 words11-letter words
22 words- PERFECTIONS 18 pts
- SUPERINFECT 18 pts
- COUNTERFIRE 16 pts
- FOURPENNIES 16 pts
- PESTIFEROUS 16 pts
- REPERFUSION 16 pts
- CORRUPTNESS 15 pts
- NEUTROPENIC 15 pts
- NONRECEIPTS 15 pts
- PERSECUTION 15 pts
- PERSECUTORS 15 pts
- PUTRESCINES 15 pts
- SUPERTONICS 15 pts
- FRONTENISES 14 pts
- INTERFERONS 14 pts
- CURRENTNESS 13 pts
- INTERCESSOR 13 pts
- INTERCOURSE 13 pts
- INTERPOSERS 13 pts
- PRETENSIONS 13 pts
- RENCOUNTERS 13 pts
- SCRUTINEERS 13 pts
10-letter words
75 words- CUPFERRONS 17 pts
- FOURPENCES 17 pts
- PERFECTION 17 pts
- PREFOCUSES 17 pts
- CONFITURES 15 pts
- PERFUSIONS 15 pts
- PROFITEERS 15 pts
- PUTREFIERS 15 pts
- RECONFINES 15 pts
- REEFPOINTS 15 pts
- REFECTIONS 15 pts
- REINFORCES 15 pts
- STUPEFIERS 15 pts
- CONSPIRERS 14 pts
- COPRESENTS 14 pts
- CREPITUSES 14 pts
- INSPECTORS 14 pts
- INTERCROPS 14 pts
- NECROPSIES 14 pts
- NONRECEIPT 14 pts
- PERCUSSION 14 pts
- PERSECUTOR 14 pts
- PRECENSORS 14 pts
- PRECENTORS 14 pts
- PRECESSION 14 pts
- PRECIOUSES 14 pts
- PRECONISES 14 pts
- PROSECUTES 14 pts
- PRURIENCES 14 pts
- PUTRESCINE 14 pts
- RECEIPTORS 14 pts
- RECEPTIONS 14 pts
- REINSPECTS 14 pts
- SCRIPTURES 14 pts
- SUPERSONIC 14 pts
- SUPERTONIC 14 pts
- FIRESTONES 13 pts
- FORESTRIES 13 pts
- INTERFERON 13 pts
- INTERFUSES 13 pts
- NETSURFERS 13 pts
- SURFEITERS 13 pts
- CENTURIONS 12 pts
- COINSURERS 12 pts
- CONSENTERS 12 pts
- CONSTRUERS 12 pts
- CONTINUERS 12 pts
- CORSETRIES 12 pts
- COURTESIES 12 pts
- ENCOUNTERS 12 pts
- INSECUREST 12 pts
- INTERCROSS 12 pts
- INTERPOSER 12 pts
- INTERPOSES 12 pts
- NECROTISES 12 pts
- NONSECRETS 12 pts
- PENSIONERS 12 pts
- PREINSERTS 12 pts
- PRETENSION 12 pts
- RECENSIONS 12 pts
- RECOUNTERS 12 pts
- RECURSIONS 12 pts
- RENCONTRES 12 pts
- RENCOUNTER 12 pts
- RENOUNCERS 12 pts
- REPRESSION 12 pts
- RESECTIONS 12 pts
- SCRUTINEER 12 pts
- SECRETIONS 12 pts
- SPINNERETS 12 pts
- SUPERSTORE 12 pts
- TIERCERONS 12 pts
- UNRIPENESS 12 pts
- ORNERINESS 10 pts
- TENSIONERS 10 pts
9-letter words
93 words- CUPFERRON 16 pts
- FOURPENCE 16 pts
- FURPIECES 16 pts
- CONFINERS 14 pts
- CONFITURE 14 pts
- CONFRERES 14 pts
- CONFUTERS 14 pts
- CROSSFIRE 14 pts
- ENFORCERS 14 pts
- FORENSICS 14 pts
- FRENETICS 14 pts
- FRESCOERS 14 pts
- FRESCOIST 14 pts
- FROSTNIPS 14 pts
- FRUCTOSES 14 pts
- FRUTICOSE 14 pts
- FUNCTIONS 14 pts
- INFECTERS 14 pts
- INFECTORS 14 pts
- OUTFENCES 14 pts
- CESPITOSE 13 pts
- CONSPIRER 13 pts
- CONSPIRES 13 pts
- COPRESENT 13 pts
- CREPINESS 13 pts
- CROUPIERS 13 pts
- CROUPIEST 13 pts
- INCEPTORS 13 pts
- INCORPSES 13 pts
- INCORRUPT 13 pts
- INSPECTOR 13 pts
- INTERCROP 13 pts
- FIRESTONE 12 pts
- FORESTERS 12 pts
- FOSTERERS 12 pts
- FOURTEENS 12 pts
- FRONTENIS 12 pts
- FRONTIERS 12 pts
- FURRINESS 12 pts
- INFESTERS 12 pts
- INTERFUSE 12 pts
- NETSURFER 12 pts
- CEINTURES 11 pts
- CENSURERS 11 pts
- CENTURIES 11 pts
- CENTURION 11 pts
- CERUSITES 11 pts
- CERUSSITE 11 pts
- CINEREOUS 11 pts
- COINSURER 11 pts
- COINSURES 11 pts
- CONSENTER 11 pts
- CONSTRUER 11 pts
- CONSTRUES 11 pts
- CONTINUER 11 pts
- CONTINUES 11 pts
- CORNINESS 11 pts
- COUNTRIES 11 pts
- COURTIERS 11 pts
- CRETINOUS 11 pts
- CRETONNES 11 pts
- CROSSTREE 11 pts
- CURTESIES 11 pts
- ENCOUNTER 11 pts
- ENTROPIES 11 pts
- ENURETICS 11 pts
- ERECTIONS 11 pts
- ERUPTIONS 11 pts
- ICTERUSES 11 pts
- INCENTERS 11 pts
- INCURRENT 11 pts
- INEPTNESS 11 pts
- INSECURER 11 pts
- INSOURCES 11 pts
- INTERPOSE 11 pts
- ISOPRENES 11 pts
- NECROTISE 11 pts
- NEOTERICS 11 pts
- NESCIENTS 11 pts
- NEUROTICS 11 pts
- NEUSTONIC 11 pts
- NEUTRONIC 11 pts
- NOCTURNES 11 pts
- NONCRISES 11 pts
- NONSECRET 11 pts
- NONSECURE 11 pts
- OUTPREENS 11 pts
- INERTNESS 9 pts
- INSERTERS 9 pts
- NEUTRINOS 9 pts
- NURSERIES 9 pts
- ORIENTERS 9 pts
- ORNERIEST 9 pts
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