adjective
lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm.
a few people were left, dancing in a desultory fashion
casual,half-hearted,lukewarm,cursory,superficial,token,perfunctory,passing,incidental,sketchy,haphazard,random,aimless,rambling,erratic,unmethodical,unsystematic,automatic,unthinking,capricious,mechanical,offhand,chaotic,inconsistent,irregular,intermittent,occasional,sporadic,inconstant,fitful
adjective
hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed.
a cursory glance at the figures
perfunctory,desultory,casual,superficial,token,uninterested,half-hearted,inattentive,unthinking,offhand,mechanical,automatic,routine,hasty,quick,hurried,rapid,brief,passing,fleeting,summary,sketchy,careless,slapdash
adjective
not interesting; tedious.
I’ve got a boring job in an office
tedious,dull,monotonous,repetitious,repetitive,unrelieved,lacking variety,lacking variation,lacking excitement,lacking interest,unvaried,unimaginative,uneventful,characterless,featureless,colourless,lifeless,soulless,passionless,spiritless,unspirited,insipid,uninteresting,unexciting,uninspiring,unstimulating,unoriginal,derivative,jejune,nondescript,sterile,flat,bland,(plain) vanilla,arid,dry,dry as dust,stale,wishy-washy,grey,anaemic,tired,banal,lame,plodding,ponderous,pedestrian,lacklustre,stodgy,dreary,mechanical,stiff,leaden,wooden,mind-numbing,soul-destroying,wearisome,tiring,tiresome,irksome,trying,frustrating,humdrum,prosaic,mundane,commonplace,workaday,quotidian,unremarkable,routine,run-of-the-mill,normal,usual,ordinary,conventional,suburban,garden variety,deadly,bog-standard,nothing to write home about,a dime a dozen,no great shakes,not up to much,samey,common or garden,dullsville,ornery
verb
Convert (a process or facility) to be operated by largely automatic equipment.
industry is investing in automating production
mechanized,mechanical,automated,push-button,preprogrammed,computerized,electronic,robotic,unmanned
adjective
(of a device or process) working by itself with little or no direct human control.
an automatic kettle that switches itself off when it boils
mechanized,mechanical,automated,push-button,preprogrammed,computerized,electronic,robotic,unmanned
noun
A gun that continues firing until the ammunition is exhausted or the pressure on the trigger is released.
the rapid fire of automatics
adjective
(of a device or process) working by itself with little or no direct human control.
an automatic kettle that switches itself off when it boils
mechanized,mechanical,automated,push-button,preprogrammed,computerized,electronic,robotic,unmanned
noun
A gun that continues firing until the ammunition is exhausted or the pressure on the trigger is released.
the rapid fire of automatics
verb
Convert (a process or facility) to be operated by largely automatic equipment.
industry is investing in automating production
mechanized,mechanical,automated,push-button,preprogrammed,computerized,electronic,robotic,unmanned
transitive verb
Convert (a process or facility) to largely automatic operation.
industry is investing in automating production
mechanized,mechanical,automated,push-button,preprogrammed,computerized,electronic,robotic,unmanned
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