typecast

[ UK /tˈa‍ɪpkɑːst/ ]
[ US /ˈtaɪpˌkæst/ ]
VERB
  1. identify as belonging to a certain type
    Such people can practically be typed
  2. cast repeatedly in the same kind of role
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How To Use typecast In A Sentence

  • The only real answer I have to that, you know - it is asked a lot is that I really wouldn't want to work with someone who would typecast me based on what I'm doing in this job.
  • After playing the caped hero in two sequels, he knew there was a danger of becoming typecast.
  • This movie was her first effort to stretch beyond the sweet girl typecasting she had been stuck with.
  • If I go on in this part much longer, I'll be typecast as the pert ingenue for the next ten years. THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN
  • But as the RADA-trained actress sees her reputation grow, she fears being typecast in roles as brassy northerners.
  • The cast are all excellent, but Rickman is superb as the hate-filled and bitter typecast thesp, desperately trying to retain some dignity with a prosthetic rubber lizard glued to his head.
  • Yet both brothers could not be typecast merely as jazz-rock players. Times, Sunday Times
  • As seems to happen with American soaps, the cast grow bored with being typecast, get bolshy, and push for stories where they can showcase their skills.
  • I think Harry's problem is that we all willy-nilly typecast him as the naughty younger brother.
  • The other is Ifans, who for too long has been typecast as a loveable rogue.
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