verb
- past tense and past participle of outtask; to assign more work or tasks to someone than they can reasonably complete
Usage: informal; often used in workplace or academic contexts
Examples
- The manager outtasked the team by assigning five major projects in one week.
- Students felt outtasked when the professor added three essays to the already heavy workload.
- She was outtasked and couldn't meet all the deadlines.
- The department was outtasked during the busy season.
- He complained that he had been outtasked with responsibilities beyond his job description.