"pigeonholing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pigeonholings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pigeonholing (plural pigeonholings)
  1. the classification of disparate entities into categories, not always for the right reason
    Sense id: en-pigeonholing-en-noun-5rPlgu-G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} pigeonholing
  1. present participle and gerund of pigeonhole Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: pigeonhole
    Sense id: en-pigeonholing-en-verb-QcMDiF8-

Inflected forms

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