as in eccentric
a person of odd or whimsical habits
she's known as the office oddball
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Recent Examples of oddball
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
But the sound of the music itself — delicate, precise, a little eerie — was also a sign that Hollywood did nothing to smooth out the quirks of one of pop’s most lovable oddballs.
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Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
Tessa Yang,
PEOPLE,
2 June 2026
The popular 2004 musical is about six oddball contestants at a regional middle-school-level spelling tournament.
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Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 June 2026
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Noun
In January 2010, Tesla had sold less than 2,000 cars in its entire history, virtually all of them electric oddballs based on sports cars from Lotus, a relatively obscure British company.
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Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
But the sound of the music itself — delicate, precise, a little eerie — was also a sign that Hollywood did nothing to smooth out the quirks of one of pop’s most lovable oddballs.
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Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
Adjective
Jane’s characters brim with oddball wisdom, and her genre-bending plots are always a delight.
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Tessa Yang,
PEOPLE,
2 June 2026
The popular 2004 musical is about six oddball contestants at a regional middle-school-level spelling tournament.
—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oddball
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With its loose ends and digressions, Dream Me a Dream stays true to those idiosyncratic instincts while retaining enough of the welcoming glow of Dance of Love to make this an affecting farewell from an endearing eccentric.
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The eccentric cuz is quick to try and help Bobby solve problems, which often gets him into trouble, but ultimately pushes him out of his shell.
Adjective
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When Aaron Paul’s Jeff attempts to make a suspicious deposit, the bank teller (a game Nina Dobrev) demands to be in on the deal, in the sort of neo-noir twist that could suggest a rich film world populated with bizarre freaks of all stripes.
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In the canon of DC Comics, Comet is truly a bizarre character.
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There was a small card with a graphic that pictured Wiley walking in the middle of Bluey and Bingo, two characters from the show.
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Her refusal to sugarcoat the interior and exterior lives of her characters, whether enslaved or traumatized by the past — by events in American history — was purposeful.
Adjective
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What Trump is doing is unusual.
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Heat domes are not unusual, but the temperatures in this one have been.
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The spectacularly antic tale of originals and doubles, locals and outsiders, visually and philosophically lampoons the very concept of identity.
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The 2005 original was given a relatively large $33 million to play with, directed by a future Emmy winner, and graced with cameos from legends Alan Shearer and Zinedine Zidane.
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The film premieres in theaters on June 26, and the story follows a couple (Wilde and Rogen) who invite their slightly kooky, yet very endearing neighbors (Cruz and Norton) over for a dinner that quickly dissolves into chaos.
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Polish Public Library Poster, $50 When in doubt, some kooky book-adjacent art will brighten up their new, probably also kooky, apartment.
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“Oddball.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oddball. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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