stereotyped

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She added that she wants to "show people I'm not aggressive. I was stereotyped during my career."

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

Conscientious employees are often stereotyped as disgruntled, mentally ill or troublemakers who are out for fame, profit or revenge.

From Salon • Jul. 17, 2025

POTENTE: It’s comparable to, in my mind, what a musician’s life might be like, like a rock star or a stereotyped idea of what that would be like.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2024

Opera can often be stereotyped as this archaic museum piece.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2024

If maybe, just maybe, I’d been so determined not to be stereotyped that I’d begun to stereotype everyone around me.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi