one-track

American  

[wuhn-trak] / ˈwʌnˌtræk /

adjective

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.

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one-track British  

adjective

1. informal obsessed with one idea, subject, etc

2. having or consisting of a single track

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Etymology

Origin of one-track

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

One track will feature a previously unreleased beat from the revered Leimert Park-based producer Ras G, who died in 2019.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

One track of contracts will be reserved for the most capable rockets — those able to hoist heavy payloads to every orbit the Pentagon wants to plant a satellite.

From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2023

One track, however, is a new addition to the set.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2022

One track sounded like the phrases I scrawl in my notebook in the dark: “hard to see at first,” “one dancer emerges,” “reminds me of X.”

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2022

One track has been cleared, but the going is still bad.

From The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 by Various