routineer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of routineer
Example Sentences
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It was nothing but the insolence of the routineer that forced Gifford Pinchot out of the Forest Service.
From A Preface to Politics by Lippmann, Walter
The routineer is, of course, the first to decry every radical proposal as "against human nature."
From A Preface to Politics by Lippmann, Walter
The difference between the shallowest routineer and the deepest thinker appears, to the latter, trifling; to the former, infinite.
From Maxims for Revolutionists by Shaw, Bernard
The type of statesman we must oppose to the routineer is one who regards all social organization as an instrument.
From A Preface to Politics by Lippmann, Walter
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 Shaw, Bernard
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