type-cast

[ tahyp-kast, -kahst ]

verb (used with or without object)

, type-cast, type-cast·ing.

1. to cast (type).

adjective

1. (of text to be printed) having the type already cast.

Other Words From

• type-caster noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of type-cast¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

Late on Wednesday night, in an Instagram story, Drake uploaded a lengthy note clarifying that, as many fans had suspected, the photo—one of a pair taken, in 2007, by David Leyes—was some sort of sophomoric satirical statement on the ways in which black entertainers are “stereotyped and type cast.”

From The New Yorker

“This picture is from 2007, a time in my life where I was an actor and I was working on a project that was about young black actors struggling to get roles, being stereotyped and type cast.”

From New York Times

He said the photo was from a project that was about "young black actors struggling to get roles, being stereotyped and type cast".

From BBC

This picture is from 2007, a time in my life where I was an actor and I was working on a project that was about young black actors struggling to get roles, being stereotyped and type cast.

From Slate

You get type cast quite easily.

From Time