typecasted
typecasted is the simple past and past participle of typecast.
Meaning of typecast
Verb
typecast (third-person singular simple present typecasts, present participle typecasting, simple past and past participle typecast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) typecasted)
- To cast an actor in the same kind of role repeatedly.
- To identify one as being of a specific type because of one's appearance, colour, religion etc.
- The vulgar anti-communist typecasting of Soviet women as so "mannish" that they might really be males in drag.2004 August 18, Leslie Feinberg, “Rights for lesbians, transgenders, transsexuals”, in Workers World
- To cast (change of data type of a variable or object).
- Does anyone know how to typecast a String in Java into an int?
- To found type in a mold.
- Duensing has elected to resuscitate and typecast faces that in the main might be termed scholarly in nature […]1967, “Inland Printer, American Lithographer”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 159, part 2, page 116
Questions about typecasted
- What is typecasted the simple past and past participle of?
- Typecasted is the simple past and past participle of typecast.
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