routineer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of routineer
Example Sentences
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The routineer in a panic turns to the taboo.
From A Preface to Politics by Walter Lippmann
The difference between the shallowest routineer and the deepest thinker appears, to the latter, trifling; to the former, infinite.
From Maxims for Revolutionists by Bernard Shaw
The routineer with his taboo does not see this, so he attempts the impossible task of obliterating the impulse.
From A Preface to Politics by Walter Lippmann
Taft was the perfect routineer trying to run government as automatically as possible.
From A Preface to Politics by Walter Lippmann
In short, the characters and their relations are of a kind that the routineer critic has not yet learned to place; so that their misunderstanding was a foregone conclusion.
From Mrs. Warren's Profession by Bernard Shaw
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