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
As one hoist of the Larry O’Brien Trophy would reveal, misfit champions are still champions.
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James Boyd, New York Times, 21 June 2025
Unfortunately, those lofty first-act ambitions give way to something much more formulaic, as Buzz joins forces with the usual ragtag bunch of misfits to battle the evil Emperor Zurg.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 20 June 2025
Those unsung misfits finally get their moment in Underdogs, a new five-part wildlife series narrated by Ryan Reynolds.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Mensah’s Preservation Alliance team is composed of misfits, including David Dastmalchian’s Gurathin and Sabrina Wu’s Pin-Lee, who often confound Murderbot’s expectations.
—Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
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James Boyd, New York Times, 21 June 2025
Unfortunately, those lofty first-act ambitions give way to something much more formulaic, as Buzz joins forces with the usual ragtag bunch of misfits to battle the evil Emperor Zurg.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 20 June 2025
Those unsung misfits finally get their moment in Underdogs, a new five-part wildlife series narrated by Ryan Reynolds.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Mensah’s Preservation Alliance team is composed of misfits, including David Dastmalchian’s Gurathin and Sabrina Wu’s Pin-Lee, who often confound Murderbot’s expectations.
—Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misfit
Noun
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Long a getaway for elite sun seekers and a proving ground for maverick architects, Palm Springs and the surrounding communities have become a sandbox for provenance collectors.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
3 July 2025
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Twenty years later, Frey sees himself as a maverick and dismisses the controversy with a string of expletives.—
Brendan Fitzgerald,
Longreads,
25 June 2025
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If the home itself is considered part of the barrier that stops outsiders from getting into an in-ground pool, Arizona law requires the homeowner to take an extra precaution to protect people in the home, like children, from the water.—
Elena Santa Cruz,
AZCentral.com,
12 July 2025
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Not Peter Parker levels of bullying and angst, but existential uncertainty and the feeling of being an outsider.—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
11 July 2025
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Here is the essential guide to making your house clean enough to satisfy your most critical inner neat freak and launch you into summer with a house that actually shines.—
Rachel Silva,
ELLE Decor,
24 Jan. 2023
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The menu offers appetizers like hummus, 12-inch pizzas, like the meat freak, made with red sauce, mozzarella, sausage, bacon, pepperoni, grilled chicken and oregano flakes.—
Bahar Anooshahr,
The Arizona Republic,
14 Jan. 2023
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That’s a lot of familiar names, but hardly an anomaly.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
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And beyond device checks, smart verification systems can also monitor behavioral signals—like typing speed, location, or login habits—to spot anomalies that a cloned voice can’t imitate.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
10 July 2025
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In 1974, loners obsessed with guns was not yet a profile commonly understood to signal a potential school shooter.—
Sally Ventura
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
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The loners and pariahs in Submersed: Wonder, Obsession, and Murder in the World of Amateur Submarines (Pantheon, $28) insist on sinking.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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Ra’s decades-long adherence to this personal mythology, along with his air of serene bemusement and his extravagant robes and headdresses, led to his popular image as a colorful eccentric.—
Ekow Eshun
July 11,
Literary Hub,
11 July 2025
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Other characters include outcasts, visionaries and eccentrics — all of whom live on the margins as unseen — a former priest, a girl trapped in working her family’s candy stand, a woman who learned preaching from her brother and is a caretaker for her dying housemate.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
18 May 2025
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“Misfit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misfit. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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