What part of speech is pigeonholed?

Pigeonholed can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. pigeonholed is a verb, past participle of pigeonhole (infinitive).
  • 2. pigeonholed is a verb, past simple of pigeonhole (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does pigeonholed mean?

Definitions

Verb

pigeonhole - treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European"
pigeonhole - place into a small compartment

Examples of pigeonholed

#   Sentence  
1. verb When actors decide to become musicians, they usually become pigeonholed quickly.
2. verb Because I resist being categorized, I am often pigeonholed as a nonconformist.
3. verb The media had attempted to pigeonhole the indie rock band as a mere novelty.
4. verb The media had attempted to pigeonhole the indie rock band as a mere novelty.
Sentence  
verb
When actors decide to become musicians, they usually become pigeonholed quickly.
Because I resist being categorized, I am often pigeonholed as a nonconformist.
The media had attempted to pigeonhole the indie rock band as a mere novelty.
The media had attempted to pigeonhole the indie rock band as a mere novelty.

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