[
UK
/tˈaɪpkɑːst/
]
[ US /ˈtaɪpˌkæst/ ]
[ US /ˈtaɪpˌkæst/ ]
VERB
-
identify as belonging to a certain type
Such people can practically be typed - cast repeatedly in the same kind of role
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.