The opposite of multi-tasking. When one is only capable of focusing on part of one or multiple tasks at any given moment.
Wow! Your multi-tasking skills are on point! I can only fractional task.
I was fractional tasking all day and got 7 different things partially done.
I was fractional tasking all day and got 7 different things partially done.
by ShakespeareII November 4, 2020
Get the fractional task mug.by snacka task June 1, 2017
Get the Snacka task mug.When your supervisor or manager asks you to complete a task and you put the task/duty onto another coworker while on shift.
Last night at work my manager asked me to do something during my shift. I found my nearest coworker and gave the task that I didn't want to do to them. Task Switching is really difficult to pull off since it must be consensual for the employee receiving your assigned task.
by calinelly July 12, 2021
Get the Task Switching mug.A task only a father can do the right way.
Tasks might include: packing the car, cutting the lawn, loading the dishwasher, etc...
Tasks might include: packing the car, cutting the lawn, loading the dishwasher, etc...
"Dave is such a cool guy and a great father. I'm sure he would beat me at any Dad Task known to man."
by MacGyver McGoo September 2, 2021
Get the Dad Task mug./v/ Workin like a hunchback in a church. Doing multiple, endless, meaningless tasks. Usually for a demanding and self-righteous person.
Oh man, yesterday my mom had me quasi-tasking for hours.
Seriously? That's the sixth thing you've asked me to do in the last hour! Stop quasi-tasking me man!
Seriously? That's the sixth thing you've asked me to do in the last hour! Stop quasi-tasking me man!
by this username is taken July 30, 2013
Get the quasi-tasking mug.A beneath-his-dignity job dat really "bugs" a toxic-minded individual if he has to perform it, especially if a certain 10-year-old local sleuth was da one who caused him to hafta do it.
Making one or more members of da town's early-teenage-bully group engage in a meanyal task may indeed feel good, but keep in mind dat you may also feel like you've "got a tiger by da tail" while observing/supervising said punitive activities!
by QuacksO November 5, 2023
Get the meanyal task mug.Refers to a "buddy assistance" deal where Person A completes a yucky/difficult/boring job for Person B that he doesn't feel up to suffering through, while Person B tackles a similarly-sucky task that Person A would ordinarily have to perform himself, but also loathes the thought of doing.
I cleaned out Tiffany's garage in exchange for her vacuuming and mopping the muddy floors of my house after a boisterous post-game visit from our town's little-league baseball team... pretty fair disagreeable-task swap, if you ask me.
by QuacksO September 20, 2018
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