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unitasker

unitasker noun: a person who does a single thing at a time.

Noun

unitasker (plural unitaskers)

  1. A person who does a single thing at a time.
    • Even with scientific validation at his fingertips, Mr. Leleux frets that the Stanford study may have been done “by a bitter unitasker like me who wants to validate his own existence.”2009 August 30, Ruth Pennebaker, “The Mediocre Multitasker”, in New York Times
  2. A tool, particularly a kitchen utensil, which is useful only for performing a particular, specialized task
    • Bird’s beak: This style [of paring knife] has a shorter, curved blade that’s specifically designed for turning vegetables. It is really a unitasker and has no room on our knife strip at home.2016 March 4, Lesley Stockton, “The Best Paring Knife”, in The Sweethome, archived from the original on 24 Mar 2016

Antonyms of unitasker

Forms of unitasker

pluralunitaskers

Origin of unitasker

From uni- + task + -er, modelled on multitasker.

Questions about unitasker

What does unitasker mean?
Unitasker means a person who does a single thing at a time.
What part of speech is unitasker?
Unitasker is a noun.
What is the plural of unitasker?
The plural of unitasker is unitaskers.

Words near unitasker in the dictionary

  1. unitary matrixes
  2. unitary psychoses
  3. unitary psychosis
  4. unitary state
  5. unitary states
  6. unitasker
  7. unitaskers
  8. unitasking
  9. unitate
  10. unitated
  11. unitates

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