Meaning & use

regimented

adjective·Academic

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Organized in a strict, highly disciplined, and systematic way.

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The soldiers followed a regimented daily schedule of drills and inspections.

She found the regimented office culture stifling after years of freelance work.

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Regimented can be used neutrally to describe strict organization, or negatively to suggest excessive rigidity that limits freedom.

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