What part of speech is pigeonholing?

Pigeonholing can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. pigeonholing is a verb, gerund of pigeonhole (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does pigeonholing 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

Noun

pigeonholing - a system for classifying things into groups

Examples of pigeonholing

#   Sentence  
1. verb The media had attempted to pigeonhole the indie rock band as a mere novelty.
2. verb The media had attempted to pigeonhole the indie rock band as a mere novelty.
Sentence  
verb
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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