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Pigeonholing

verb
Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.verbTo categorize; especially to limit or be limited to a particular category, role, etc.
"Fred was tired of being pigeonholed as a computer geek."
2.verbTo put aside, to not act on (proposals, suggestions, advice).
3.nounThe classification of disparate entities into categories, not always for the right reason

Synonyms

glove boxmothballshelvetablegroupingcategory mistakemisclassificationmiscompartmentalizationmiscategorisationcategory-mistakemiscategorizationmislabeling
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