Multiple choice

Directions: Find the statement where the given word hasn't been used correctly.

PIGEON

  1. Please put these letters into this pigeonhole.

  2. You can see by the way he stands that he is pigeon-toed.

  3. We didn't have time to discuss the matter at the meeting, so, it has been pigeonholed until the next meeting.

  4. She felt that she had been pigeon-toed as a troublemaker.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

'Pigeonhole' is a term used for one of a series of small compartments for papers or letters. This reasoning marks option (1) correct. The word pigeon-toed as used in option (2) refers to condition of body in which person's toes are turned inwards. As used in option (3), pigeonholed implies postponed. As given earlier, pigeon-toed can't be used to refer to non-physical attribute. This implies option (4) as required answer choice.

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