oddity

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odd·i·ty | \ ˈä-də-tē

plural oddities

Definition of oddity

1 : an odd person, thing, event, or trait

2 : the quality or state of being odd

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Examples of oddity in a Sentence

Her shyness makes her a bit of an oddity in the business world. The zoo has such oddities as anteaters and platypuses.

Recent Examples on the Web Here's an oddity for this 3's-are-wild era in the NBA: Through two rounds, the number of 3-pointers made will dip from last season. — Tim Reynolds, Star Tribune, 19 June 2021 The only notable oddity was that the resulting broods were usually, but not always, exclusively female. — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 14 May 2021 Plus, ‘Television Event’ is packed with nostalgia and oddity and even some humor. — Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 27 Aug. 2021 Andino won’t be the only oddity on the American roster. — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2021 Given an oddity problem calling for identification of an odd shape from a grouping, bees exhibited a surprising capacity to find the outlier in about an hour, considerably faster than times clocked of young children, sea lions and chimpanzees. — Arkansas Online, 15 July 2021 Imagination often starts with spotting something unusual, an oddity. — Christian Stadler, Forbes, 11 June 2021 For Pooneh, this theory helps explain an oddity about the initial search of her father’s car: how a veteran detective could fail to notice a gun stuck under a floor mat. — oregonlive, 6 July 2021 Built in 1885, this oddity serves as one of the nation’s only remaining rotary jails, a Midwestern invention equipped with prison cells that spin on a turntable like a massive lazy Susan. — Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 24 June 2021

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