one-track

one-track
\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ adjective
1.
a. : that lacks flexibility and nimbleness and can handle only one thing at a time

is an unimaginative person and has a one-track mind

b. : marked by often narrowly constricted attention to or absorption in just one thing

a one-track party member

2. : that lacks variety or breadth : limited in scope : undiversified

areas where one-track farming has been the rule — A.J.Bruwer

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/wun"trak'/, adj.
1. having only one track.
2. unable or unwilling to cope with more than one idea, action, etc., at a time; narrow: a one-track mind.
[1925-30]

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oneˈ-track adjective
1. Incapable of dealing with more than one idea or activity at a time
2. Obsessed with one idea to the exclusion of others
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Main Entry: ↑one

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one-track «WUHN TRAK», adjective.
1. having only one track: »

a one-track railroad line.

2. Informal, Figurative. understanding or doing only one thing at a time; narrow: »

a one-track mind.

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adj, always used before a noun
: continuously thinking about only one particular subject

You've got a one-track mind.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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