tasked
Charged with work
Tasked is the past tense of task used as a verb, meaning assigned a duty or responsibility: She was tasked with organizing the event.
The construction tasked with dominates, appearing in workplace and military contexts where someone receives a specific mission or objective.
Some find the verb form jargony, preferring assigned or given the task of.
Morally required to act
- requiredNeeded by rule
- mandatedOfficially ordered or required
- compelledMade to act
- boundSecured or destined
accountable · responsible · liable · incumbent · obliged · beholden · committed · charged
Allocated work or duty
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- briefingConcise information session
- missionPurpose-driven task
duty · responsibility · job · project · objective · role · function · operation
Defeated by sheer volume
- overburdenedCarrying more than manageable
- overloadedBurdened past capacity
- swampedOverwhelmed beyond capacity
- weighed downMade heavy by burden
laden · encumbered · saddled · taxed · strained · stretched thin · snowed under · inundated
duty-bound
Morally required to act
bound · accountable · responsible · liable · incumbent · obliged · beholden · committed · charged · enjoined
assignment
Allocated work or duty
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- briefingConcise information session
mission · duty · responsibility · job · project · objective · role · function · operation · undertaking
overwhelmed
Defeated by sheer volume
- overburdenedCarrying more than manageable
- overloadedBurdened past capacity
- swampedOverwhelmed beyond capacity
weighed down · laden · encumbered · saddled · taxed · strained · stretched thin · snowed under · inundated · bogged down
taskedvolunteered
Gave services unpaid
self-directed · self-appointed · self-motivated · autonomous · uninstructed
- task forceTemporary goal-oriented team
- take to taskCriticize for wrongdoing
- impossible taskUndertaking that cannot succeed
- task managerSystem resource monitor
- task listEnumerated duties ahead
- herculean taskExtremely difficult undertaking
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