1
: something that fits badly
2
: a person who is poorly adapted to a situation or environment
social misfits
Examples of misfit in a Sentence
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As the impulsive misfit Tiffany in David O. Russell’s crowd-pleasing romance Silver Linings Playbook (2012), Lawrence won Best Actress, showed off her comedic chops, and proved herself as a true A-lister beyond YA audiences.
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Madeline Cisneros, EW.com, 19 May 2024
An opinionated misfit exposes the personal lives of his sister and new neighbors in a weekly column.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 15 May 2024
Housed in a building that has been many things over the years — a laundromat, a parking garage — Pioche is today a scrappy, multipronged institution run by a collective of creative misfits.
—David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024
The young Albini, smart and disenchanted with the local conservative culture, discovered punk through music magazines and found safe harbor for misfits.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
Brewing behemoth Anheuser-Busch InBev wants hardcore beer connoisseurs to know non-alcoholic drinkers are no social misfits—they’re just like you and me.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 May 2024
Those talented misfits will have to play against Navy, which won last year’s national title.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024
After 36 years of growth from the circus’s humble beginnings as a troupe of artsy misfits in Quebec, the irreverent, bohemian company had become a household name globally, with its premieres attracting the likes of Barack Obama and Paul McCartney.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2024
While Cavill and the gang of misfits are on a mission to blow up Nazi U-boats, their more sophisticated partners in crime, Olusanmokun and Eiza González are getting up close and personal with Nazi soldiers to create distractions and gain more information about their enemy.
—The Arizona Republic, 16 Apr. 2024
Madeline Cisneros, EW.com, 19 May 2024
An opinionated misfit exposes the personal lives of his sister and new neighbors in a weekly column.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 15 May 2024
Housed in a building that has been many things over the years — a laundromat, a parking garage — Pioche is today a scrappy, multipronged institution run by a collective of creative misfits.
—David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024
The young Albini, smart and disenchanted with the local conservative culture, discovered punk through music magazines and found safe harbor for misfits.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
Brewing behemoth Anheuser-Busch InBev wants hardcore beer connoisseurs to know non-alcoholic drinkers are no social misfits—they’re just like you and me.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 May 2024
Those talented misfits will have to play against Navy, which won last year’s national title.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024
After 36 years of growth from the circus’s humble beginnings as a troupe of artsy misfits in Quebec, the irreverent, bohemian company had become a household name globally, with its premieres attracting the likes of Barack Obama and Paul McCartney.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2024
While Cavill and the gang of misfits are on a mission to blow up Nazi U-boats, their more sophisticated partners in crime, Olusanmokun and Eiza González are getting up close and personal with Nazi soldiers to create distractions and gain more information about their enemy.
—The Arizona Republic, 16 Apr. 2024
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“Misfit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misfit. Accessed 22 May. 2024.
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misfit
noun
mis·fit
ˈmis-ˌfit 
(ˈ)mis-ˈfit
(ˈ)mis-ˈfit
1
: something that fits badly
2
: a person poorly adjusted to his or her environment
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