pigeon-holed

ADJECTIVE

abandoned

Synonyms

STRONG

deserted discarded dissipated dropped dumped eliminated empty forgotten forsaken jilted left neglected rejected relinquished shunned sidelined vacated

WEAK

alone cast aside cast away eighty-sixed given up godforsaken left in the cold left in the lurch outcast passed up side-tracked unoccupied vacant

Antonyms

WEAK

adopted chaste cherished defended innocent maintained moral pure restrained supported virtuous

ADJECTIVE

lorn

Synonyms

WEAK

alone bereft cast aside cast away derelict deserted desolate discarded dissipated dropped dumped eighty-sixed eliminated empty forgotten forlorn forsaken given up godforsaken jilted left left in the cold left in the lurch neglected outcast passed up rejected relinquished shunned side-tracked sidelined unoccupied vacant vacated

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With me being a girl singing about the types of things I sing about, like relationships, a lot of people found it a bit angsty at times, so we were kind of pigeon holed.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2010

First, Dol opened the pigeon holed door, then Sarah Howland tumbled in howling—she was honestly very much frightened, next went Shirley Duncan.

From Jane Allen, Junior by Bancroft, Edith

pigeon-holed

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