1. the act of categorizing someone or something in a restrictive way
Usage: gerund form

1. to categorize or classify someone or something in a restrictive or oversimplified way
Usage: present participle of pigeonhole
2. to put aside or defer dealing with something
Usage: present participle of pigeonhole

Examples

• The teacher avoided pigeonholing students based on their test scores.
• She felt frustrated by the constant pigeonholing of her artistic style.
• The committee kept pigeonholing the important proposal.
• His pigeonholing of employees limited their career growth.
• The manager was pigeonholing all the urgent requests until next week.
• Critics accused the media of pigeonholing the candidate unfairly.
• Stop pigeonholing people based on their appearance.