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routineer

American

[root-n-eer] / ˌrut nˈɪər /

noun

a person who follows or adheres to routine or a routine.

Etymology

Origin of routineer

First recorded in 1870–75; routine + -eer

Example Sentences

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The difference between the shallowest routineer and the deepest thinker appears, to the latter, trifling; to the former, infinite.

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At this point the whole routineer scheme of things collapses, there is a period of convulsion and Cæsarean births, and men weary of excitement sink back into a newer routine.

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The routineer in a panic turns to the taboo.

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Taft was the perfect routineer trying to run government as automatically as possible.

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The routineer with his taboo does not see this, so he attempts the impossible task of obliterating the impulse.

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