misfit

noun

Definition of misfitnext
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 low-budget movie follows an ensemble of misfit counselors on the last day at a summer camp in 1981. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026 The Flagship kitchen is basically a fruits de mer frat house, where the kitchen workers, none rougher or funnier than Sal (Leo Woodall), are a bunch of misfits, snorting cocaine off one hand and slamming down plates of French fries with the other. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026 This central plot thread is like a blueprint for the behind-the-scenes access to restaurant life in Bourdain’s bestselling first book, Kitchen Confidential — hazardous, intense, messy and a magnet for misfits. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 29 July 2026 In McBride’s work, collections of idiots and unlikable misfits strive for power and achievement and are inevitably foiled by their own flaws. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 16 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for misfit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misfit
  1. maverick
  2. outsider
  3. freak
  4. anomaly
  5. loner
  6. eccentric
Noun
  • Decades before all of that, though, Kusama was a creative maverick.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Put simply, Hanke sees Venezuela’s future as the world’s leading oil maverick that will go rogue if OPEC’s strictures prevent it from maximizing the worth of its sumptuous reserves.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of maverick
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  • From songs that spoke to working women and outsiders to philanthropy that changed lives, Parton left a mark far beyond country music.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • That outsider status, some former advisors and close watchers of Carney say, is precisely what gives him room to maneuver, with Canadians seeing him as above the grubby backroom dealing of traditional politics.
    — Desiree Adib, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of outsider
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  • Hannah says the family does not suspect that Jenny died by suicide and believes what happened was likely either foul play or a freak accident.
    — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Adapt to survive Along with a warming trend pushing harvesting seasons earlier, European wine growers are up against drought, freak weather events such as spring hailstorms and frost which wiped out many buds, and wildfires.
    — Jenni Reid, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of freak
Noun
  • If a camera spots an anomaly — the wrong gasket installed on an oven, for example — the system will shut that part of the line down and start playing loud music.
    — Andrea Hsu, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Those data will either reveal this one event to be an anomaly or uncover more like it.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of anomaly
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  • But Jake is traumatized after losing his mother and has become a loner who struggles socially.
    — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The records also include transcripts of police interviews with Westman's father, ex-girlfriend, close friend and former co-workers, describing Westman as somewhat of a loner prone to depression.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of loner
Noun
  • Make sure to practice a full range of motion with these and emphasize the eccentric (the way down) part of the movement for maximal time under tension and muscle-building stimulus.
    — Jakob Roze, HEALTH, 19 Aug. 2026
  • No documentarian has a better eye for intriguing oddballs than Errol Morris, who built his feature film career on drawing them out in conversation, from pet-cemetery owners in Gates of Heaven to small-town eccentrics in Vernon, Florida.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of eccentric

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“Misfit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misfit. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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