| breakaway |
departing abruptly and irrevocably from an established group, position, routine, or the like. [1/6 definitions] |
| bureaucracy |
a system of administration characterized by excessive routine and inflexible rules. [1/2 definitions] |
| chore |
a routine task, esp. around the house or yard. [1/2 definitions] |
| day-to-day |
occurring daily; routine. [1/2 definitions] |
| dehumanize |
to deprive of individuality, spirit, or other human qualities; render routine or mechanical. |
| everyday |
pertaining to daily occurrences or routine matters. [1/2 definitions] |
| go through |
to experience or carry out the usual steps of (a program, process, procedure, or routine). [1/7 definitions] |
| groove |
(informal) a fixed routine, considered as being effective, or as being humdrum and boring. [1/7 definitions] |
| habit |
an act performed regularly; routine. [1/5 definitions] |
| hack2 |
one who is hired to do routine or unpleasant tasks, esp. a writer hired to produce uncreative and unimaginative work; drudge. [1/10 definitions] |
| in harness |
engaged in one's customary work routine. [1/2 definitions] |
| instant replay |
the reshowing of a short televised segment, as of a football play or gymnastic routine, often in slow motion, immediately after it has been initially recorded and broadcast. |
| lock step |
a condition of following a routine procedure precisely and mindlessly. [1/2 definitions] |
| matter-of-course |
occurring in the normal or logical course of events; inevitable; routine. [1/2 definitions] |
| mechanics |
the technical or automatic aspects or parts of a thing or activity; mechanism or routine. [1/3 definitions] |
| mechanistic |
automatic or routine; mechanical. [1/3 definitions] |
| mechanize |
to cause to act, do, or exist in an automatic or routine manner. [1/3 definitions] |
| milk run |
a routine or riskless trip or undertaking. |
| mill1 |
an establishment or process that takes a routine, mechanical approach to matters that should be treated more significantly. [1/9 definitions] |
| nonroutine |
combined form of routine. |
| paperwork |
routine written or clerical work that accompanies business or other transactions. |