Meanings
verbmonotask (third-person singular simple present monotasks, present participle monotasking, simple past and past participle monotasked)
present singular third person monotasks · participle present monotasking · participle past monotasked · past monotasked
- intransitiveTo perform only one task at a time.
Quit the juggle and monotask.
2018, Catherine Blyth, Enjoy Time, page 100
nounmonotask (plural monotasks)
plural monotasks
- A single task performed while not performing other tasks (i.e. not multitasking).
From the Level I analysis it should be apparent that Medical Billing involves multiple tasks, while the Transmission Assembly is essentially a monotask.
2000, Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, →ISBN
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