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Constantly given the same kind of role
Answer for the clue "Constantly given the same kind of role ", 8 letters:
typecast
Alternative clues for the word typecast
- Petty scam largely formulated and staged in same way?
- In extremes of torment, Spacey furious, given predictable roles
- Given similar roles repeatedly
- Petty cash running short unfortunately? Always in the same position
- Restrict to role
- Always getting the same part of cooked pasty etc
- Assigned the same kind of role repeatedly
- Always landing similar roles
Word definitions for typecast in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also type-cast , with reference to actors, 1937 (implied in typecasting ), from type (n.) in the "general character" sense (perhaps a deliberate pun on the verbal phrase in the printing sense "to found types in molds," attested from 1847). See type (n.) ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ I don't want to get typecast as a comedy actress. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Babur thinks he looks like a film star, the sort who gets typecast as a rugged mountain trapper. ▪ I don't want you typecast in khaki battle jacket. ...
Usage examples of typecast.
Every technological innovation was bitterly resisted by Luddite printers and publishers: stereotyping, the iron press, the application of steam power, mechanical typecasting and typesetting, new methods of reproducing illustrations, cloth bindings, machine-made paper, ready-bound books, paperbacks, book clubs, and book tokens.
If central casting had sent him to an HD producer for the role of an over-bred, cretinous aristocrat, the producer would have sent him back with a blistering memo about stereotypes and typecasting.