dormantroutine

noun
UK /ˈdɔːmənt ruːˈtiːn/
US /ˈdɔːrmənt ruːˈtiːn/

A dormantroutine is a usual thing you do that is sleeping or paused for now.

My morning jog became a dormantroutine after I broke my leg.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A repeated set of actions in a computer program that is not running but can start later.

The backup job is a dormantroutine that wakes up every night at two.

3. A daily practice that a person has stopped for a while but may pick up again.

Reading before bed was a dormantroutine during the busy school term.

4. A fixed way of doing something that is kept ready but not used right now.

The factory's safety check is a dormantroutine until the machines restart.