2routine adjective
1 [more routine; most routine] : done very often
▪ The surgery has become a very routine operation and poses little danger. ▪ He criticized her routine absence from important meetings. 2 : done or happening as a normal part of a job, situation, or process
▪ a routine luggage search ▪ a routine annual physical ▪ routine [=ordinary] business practices 3 [more routine; most routine] a : easily done according to a set way or method
▪ The more you do it, the more routine it becomes. ▪ They hire high-school students for routine work such as filing.
b disapproving : boring because of always being done in the same way
▪ Data entry becomes routine very quickly.
▪ The surgery has become a very routine operation and poses little danger. ▪ He criticized her routine absence from important meetings.
▪ a routine luggage search ▪ a routine annual physical ▪ routine [=ordinary] business practices
▪ The more you do it, the more routine it becomes. ▪ They hire high-school students for routine work such as filing.
b disapproving : boring because of always being done in the same way
▪ Data entry becomes routine very quickly.
— rou·tine·ly adverb
▪ They routinely turn down at least half the applicants.
▪ They routinely turn down at least half the applicants.
