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pigeonholing

/ˈpɪdʒ.ən.həʊ.lɪŋ/

/ˈpɪdʒ.ən.hoʊ.lɪŋ/

pigeonholingnoun

Translations

классификация

The pigeonholing of students based on their grades can be limiting.

Классификация студентов на основе их оценок может быть ограничивающей.

Definitions

The act of categorizing or classifying someone or something in a restrictive or limiting way.

The manager's pigeonholing of employees based on their previous roles limited their opportunities for growth.

The act of sorting or filing items into pigeonholes or similar compartments.

The clerk's daily pigeonholing of the incoming mail kept the office organized.

Synonyms

pigeonholinggerund / present participle

/ˈpɪdʒ.ɪnˌhəʊ.lɪŋ/

/ˈpɪdʒ.ɪnˌhoʊ.lɪŋ/

Used attributively to modify a noun, describing something that tends to classify or restrict.

Definitions

Tending to classify people or things in a restrictive way.

His pigeonholing attitude prevented him from seeing the team's diverse talents.

pigeonholeverb

pigeonholing

Gerund

pigeonholed

Past Simple

pigeonholed

Past Participle

pigeonholing

Gerund

/ˈpɪdʒ.ən.həʊl/

/ˈpɪdʒ.ən.hoʊl/

Translations

классифицировать

It's unfair to pigeonhole people based on their appearance.

Несправедливо классифицировать людей по их внешности.

Additional translations

шаблон вмещать

ярлык вешать

Definitions

To assign to a particular category or class, especially in a manner that is too rigid or simplistic.

She didn't want to be pigeonholed as just a pop singer.

To put aside or ignore, especially with the intention of dealing with it later.

The committee decided to pigeonhole the proposal until next year.

Synonyms

pigeonholegerund / present participle

pigeonholing

Used to describe tendencies or actions that classify rigidly, e.g. "their pigeonholing behaviour".

Definitions

Characterized by the act of classifying or treating something or someone in an overly rigid or simplistic way.

Their pigeonholing approach prevented a full appreciation of her diverse skills.

Synonyms

pigeonholenoun

Definitions

A small compartment or recess, often part of a desk or wall unit, used for storing papers or small items.

She placed the letters in the pigeonhole marked 'outgoing mail'.

A category or classification, especially one that is overly simplistic or restrictive.

He felt frustrated by being put into a pigeonhole as just a 'tech guy'.

One of the recesses in a dovecote where pigeons nest.

Several pigeons occupied each pigeonhole in the old stone dovecote.

pigeonholeadjective

Definitions

Having or characterized by small open compartments similar to those of a pigeonhole; compartmentalized.

The carpenter built a pigeonhole cabinet for sorting craft supplies.

pigeonholepast participle

Definitions

Classified or regarded in a restrictive, stereotyped, or inflexible manner.

She resented being pigeonholed as merely a romance author.