Routine Ruːˈtiːn Died Heart Operation Adjective Bre Enquiries/Questions/Tests

• routine enquiries/questions/tests
• the fault was discovered during a routine check.
• he died of a heart attack during a routine operation.
• a routine job

routine

1. done or happening as a normal part of a particular job, situation or process
• routine enquiries/questions/tests
• The fault was discovered during a routine check.
2. not unusual or different in any way
• He died of a heart attack during a routine operation.
3. ordinary and boring
• synonym dull
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/dull_1
• a routine job
• This type of work rapidly becomes routine.

Extra Examples

• Hip operations are fairly routine these days.
• Don’t worry—these are just routine enquiries.
• Every day we went to our routine, boring and badly-paid jobs.
• For some patients, a very routine existence is preferable.
• He died of heart failure during a routine operation.
• I have little patience with routine tasks such as washing up.
• I’m out at the club most nights, while the wife stops in with the kids—that’s fairly routine round here.

Word Origin

• late 17th cent. (denoting a regular course or procedure): from French, from route ‘road’, from Old French rute ‘road’, from Latin rupta (via) ‘broken (way)’, feminine past participle of rumpere.