narrowrole
nounUK /ˈnærəʊrəʊl/
US /ˈnæroʊroʊl/
A narrowrole is a small part in a play or story that only does one thing.
The actor was happy to take a narrowrole as the messenger in the school play.
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2. A job or duty that lets a person do only a few specific things.
In the group project, his narrowrole was just to print the papers.
3. A way of thinking that looks at only one small piece of a big idea.
Her narrowrole made her miss the fun parts of the game.
4. A tiny opening or slot shaped like a long thin line.
The coin slipped through the narrowrole in the piggy bank.