| Give the bare minimum |
USA Today |
03 Sep 2025 |
| Do a job half-heartedly |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jul 2025 |
| Do something with minimal effort: 3 wds. |
Commuter |
23 May 2025 |
| Barely make an effort |
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| Do a lazy, lousy job |
New York Times |
05 Apr 2025 |
| Call technology innovation lacking in substance; they do the bare minimum |
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| Do the bare minimum |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
12 Nov 2024 |
| Give a perfunctory effort |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jan 2024 |
| Go through the motions |
Premier Sunday |
15 May 2022 |
| Do the minimum |
LA Times Daily |
03 Dec 2020 |
| Do the minimum |
The Washington Post |
03 Dec 2020 |
| Perform perfunctorily |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Sep 2020 |
| *Go through the motions |
Universal |
30 Jun 2020 |
| Perform perfunctorily |
New York Times |
19 Nov 2017 |
| Perform perfunctorily |
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| Give minimal effort |
LA Times Daily |
29 Nov 2015 |
| Give minimal effort |
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| Do a job with minimal effort |
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