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routineness

routineness

4.7
Days or tasks happen the same way again and again
  • noun
  • /ruːˈtiːn.nəs/
translation icon : rutina
  • The routineness of performing the same tasks every day can lead to a sense of boredom.

Examples

  • The routineness of her daily schedule made her feel stuck in a monotonous cycle.

  • Here's a guy who has witnessed the devastation of countless storms, the terrible routineness of disaster.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Generally, a reason for having administrative hearings rather than full-blown Article III court trials is the routineness of the problems and usually small amounts of money involved.

    Academic text (1999)
  • He noticed the routineness of their conversations, which rarely ventured beyond small talk.

Synonyms

pattern
vsroutineness
2.3

A regular way of doing something that repeats over time

focuses on the overall quality of being regular and repeated
habit
vsroutineness
630 1.0

A regular action you do often without thinking

covers the general condition of regularity beyond unconscious actions
routine
vsroutineness
354 1.0

A regular way of doing things

is the general quality of being regular through repeated practice
ritual
vsroutineness
118 4.4

A regular pattern of actions done as a habit or custom

is the general state of being patterned by repeated behaviour
daily routine
vsroutineness
21 1.0

A usual order of things a person does every day

applies more widely to the quality of following repeated patterns
regularity
vsroutineness
19 3.3

Happening often in the same way or at the same times

is about being regular as a quality, not only timing predictability
repetitiveness
vsroutineness
1 4.8

Repeated use of the same words or actions that makes something boring

highlights the neutral state of following usual repeated patterns
everydayness
vsroutineness
1 6.8

The ordinary daily life people live

is the specific quality of being regular through repeated patterns
habitude
vsroutineness
9.9

A regular way that a person behaves often without thinking

emphasizes the state of being regular rather than the learned pattern
habituality
vsroutineness
7.6

The state of doing something regularly without thinking

is the broader quality of regularity across actions and patterns
mechanical routine
vsroutineness
4.0

A set of actions done regularly without thinking

covers regular repetition even when actions are not automatic
mundane routine
vsroutineness
2.3

A daily pattern of plain unexciting activities like work and chores

is the neutral quality of following repeated usual patterns

Antonyms

1 6.9

How different or rare something is compared with what people expect

A quality of being very different or much better than normal

How Routine

habit
630 1.0
regularity
19 3.3
routineness
4.7
irregularity
13 5.1

Surface Forms

routineness singular
routinenesses plural

Morphology

routineness = routine (transparent) = routine + ness

Formed by the noun 'routine' plus the nominalizing suffix '-ness', directly meaning the state or quality of being routine.

Etymology

Routineness comes from routine, which is like a regular route or 'path' you follow each day. So, routineness is the quality of doing things the same way again and again.