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He used to be a real oddball back in high school.
she's known as the office oddball
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Eight years later, Russ makes a last-chance gambit to resurrect his football dreams by disguising himself as Chad Powers, a talented oddball who walks on to the struggling South Georgia Catfish team.
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Angelique Jackson, Variety, 3 Dec. 2025
There are some outliers — Pluribus and The Rehearsal would be oddballs in any year.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
The end of Netflix’s oddball-to-blockbuster series marks the end of an era, and surely the last generational touchstone to come out of series television.
—Lorraine Ali, Boston Herald, 30 Nov. 2025
At that time, writers such as Angela Carter or Kathy Acker were oddballs.
—Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
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Angelique Jackson, Variety, 3 Dec. 2025
There are some outliers — Pluribus and The Rehearsal would be oddballs in any year.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
The end of Netflix’s oddball-to-blockbuster series marks the end of an era, and surely the last generational touchstone to come out of series television.
—Lorraine Ali, Boston Herald, 30 Nov. 2025
At that time, writers such as Angela Carter or Kathy Acker were oddballs.
—Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for oddball
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“Oddball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oddball. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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oddball
noun
odd·ball
-ˌbȯl 
: a person who behaves strangely
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