Associations to the word «Stereotyped»

Wiktionary

STEREOTYPED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of stereotype
STEREOTYPED, adjective. Having a certain stereotype.
STEREOTYPED, adjective. Printed from stereotype plates.
STEREOTYPED, adjective. Unoriginal; stereotypical.

Dictionary definition

STEREOTYPED, adjective. Lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality; "stereotyped phrases of condolence"; "even his profanity was unimaginative".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats