as in maverick
a person who is different from other people and who does not seem to belong in a particular group or situation
a comic book about a social misfit who discovers his superpower
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Recent Examples of misfit
The ultimate goal, then, seems to be nothing less than the complete supplanting of MAGA with a new political movement—an angry, ultra-conspiratorial, unbiblical, neo-pagan movement of misfits and their hangers-on.
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Hess helmed the first film, which stars Jack Black and Jason Momoa and follows a group of misfits who are pulled through a portal into a cubic world and guided by an expert crafter named Steve (played by Black).
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
But Safdie has applied that signature aesthetic to a story of much grander scope, of an American misfit who dreams big.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
But over the course of the season, Ned convinces his team of misfits that actual reporting is the way to success — leading eventually to three nominations at the local journalism awards.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2025
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Hess helmed the first film, which stars Jack Black and Jason Momoa and follows a group of misfits who are pulled through a portal into a cubic world and guided by an expert crafter named Steve (played by Black).
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
But Safdie has applied that signature aesthetic to a story of much grander scope, of an American misfit who dreams big.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
But over the course of the season, Ned convinces his team of misfits that actual reporting is the way to success — leading eventually to three nominations at the local journalism awards.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misfit
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The Ford Maverick is a maverick in more ways than one, debuting as one of the few standard hybrid trucks on the market.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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The end result of their work is a rallying cry for filmmakers pushing against calcified thinking and conventional wisdom — and unsurprisingly, Pellington says that working on the documentary put him back in touch with the fearless twentysomething maverick inside of him.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
16 Oct. 2025
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Scatological attacks are usually the province of outsiders trying to cut the powerful down to size.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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Erika Wright, a parent who leads the Oklahoma Rural Schools Coalition, which advocates for public schools, said the state’s deep-red politics might lead outsiders to think Oklahomans support state leaders pushing education far to the right.—
Jennifer Smith Richards,
ProPublica,
22 Oct. 2025
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To me, this was not just a patient comatose after a freak accident.—
K.J.S. “Sunny” Anand,
Time,
15 Oct. 2025
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Greenlaw has played just two games total over the last two seasons, since tearing his Achilles in a freak moment running out from the sidelines in February 2024’s Super Bowl.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
15 Oct. 2025
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The outcome of the appeal will determine whether the Chicago ruling becomes a regional anomaly or a national precedent for holding federal immigration officers personally accountable to the courts.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Similar to finding that planets do not orbit the earth, the search for economics anomalies requires searching for empirical facts that cannot (easily) be explained using the standard economic model where everyone chooses by optimizing and makes no systematic mistakes.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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White smartly leans into an overall loner vibe that suggests someone lost in the wilderness of his own isolation.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
22 Oct. 2025
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The community-centric atmosphere of today’s climbing gyms signals a departure from the sensibility of bygone eras, when climbers styled themselves as misfits and loners set apart from society at-large.—
Kelli María Korducki,
HubSpot,
17 Oct. 2025
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Appealing to consumers searching for a piece of history, the store has gained a following of visitors hunting for unique souvenirs, designers on inspiration trips and local eccentrics.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
24 Oct. 2025
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For Mimi Pond, the desire to do a book about the Mitford sisters – six larger-than-life British eccentrics (and one brother) who created a stir in both British and American culture – was obvious.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Misfit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misfit. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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