single-track

adjective

sin·​gle-track ˈsiŋ-gəl-ˈtrak 

1

: having only one track

2

: lacking intellectual range, receptiveness, or flexibility : one-track

had a single-track mind incapable of adjusting to changes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

Shuttle buses transported passengers until single-track service between Reagan National Airport and Pentagon City was restored around 11:50 a.m. —Lizzie Johnson, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2023

The two single-track paths were moved off areas that had become heavily eroded. —Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2023

Elverum’s dropped his first album in 17 years as the Microphones in 2020 as a single-track record with the same name. —Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2023

But its shortcomings are essentially those of the novel: its single-track didacticism; its neat pitting of romantic idealists against macho, insentient normies; and the fact that a decisive plot twist can be spotted a mile off. —Houman Barekat, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined at sense 1