a specific (often simplistic) category
Used in a Sentence
pigeonhole
How to use pigeonhole in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for pigeonhole.
Editorial note
As if, you don't truly exist until you can pigeonhole yourself into a couple of statistics.
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Quick take
a specific (often simplistic) category
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of pigeonhole gathered in one view.
a small compartment
place into a small compartment
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for pigeonhole.
noun
a specific (often simplistic) category
noun
a small compartment
See also: cubbyhole
verb
place into a small compartment
verb
treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European"
See also: stereotype, stamp
Example sentences
As if, you don't truly exist until you can pigeonhole yourself into a couple of statistics.
By the pigeonhole principle, no matter how fast you can calculate pi, you cannot actually use this to compress data.
I think if you put those two together, you really can't pigeonhole this type of service as "just another Silicon Valley app.
Can't this be elegantly solved via the pigeonhole principle?There are one million numbers to be sorted, out of a space of one hundred million.
It is essentially the pigeonhole principle: the principle that if you put more than n pigeons into n holes then there must be a hole with more than one pigeon in.
But when you pigeonhole yourself into an absolutist position, you've guaranteed that you're going to be flagrantly wrong sometimes.
We are no longer able to have any real discusion about anything anymore because pretty much everything can be stuffed into a "partisan" pigeonhole.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use pigeonhole in a sentence?
As if, you don't truly exist until you can pigeonhole yourself into a couple of statistics.
What does pigeonhole mean?
a specific (often simplistic) category
What part of speech is pigeonhole?
pigeonhole is commonly used as noun, verb.