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
It’s based on the dramatic and emotionally wrenching personal life of Southern Gothic author Carson McCullers, a physically frail but powerful novelist, adept at portraying the loneliness and isolation of misfits and outcasts.
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Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Ohs makes small-cast features deeply grounded in particular places, following misfit characters who may or may not relate to them.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 24 Apr. 2026
These ragtag misfits, who are all incredibly talented and who are in desperate need of each other, and the glue that binds them together is the music and the city.
—Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
But instead of tossing those misfit shades, many hardware and big-box retailers sell them at major discounts—as one Redditor recently found out.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 15 Apr. 2026
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Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Ohs makes small-cast features deeply grounded in particular places, following misfit characters who may or may not relate to them.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 24 Apr. 2026
These ragtag misfits, who are all incredibly talented and who are in desperate need of each other, and the glue that binds them together is the music and the city.
—Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
But instead of tossing those misfit shades, many hardware and big-box retailers sell them at major discounts—as one Redditor recently found out.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 15 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misfit
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Carl Anka Trent Alexander-Arnold’s England career is a fascinating case study in why team sports can prefer the orthodox to the mavericks.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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And what once was a simple majority-rules vote each week has been complicated by the addition of individual immunity idols and advantages that can shift the balance of power from the collective toward maverick individuals.—
Julie Beck,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2026
Noun
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Their bond — both are outsiders who suffered abuse as children — is one of the few emotional soft spots in the otherwise fast-moving series about America’s rotten power structure, manipulative media and the gullibility of the public.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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The definitions of outsider and independence are in the eye of the beholder.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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The hope is Boyd can return to the rotation sometime in June after incurring the freak knee injury while playing with his kids.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Jocks and mean girls relished in the mainstream, while the freaks and losers huddled over video-game music and alt weirdness.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
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This past offseason proved to be an anomaly when the Bulldogs didn’t lose any.—
Connor Riley,
AJC.com,
7 May 2026
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The unconscious brain was learning to tell the tones apart, continuously reorganizing its neural responses to better detect the anomaly over the course of the 10-minute playback.—
Jacek Krywko,
Scientific American,
6 May 2026
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His fresh approach combined with the formidable presence of former Bay Area resident Yahya Abdul-Mateen II power Netflix’s violent series, a promising start of what could well find John Creasy (Abdul-Mateen) reprising his role as the PTSDing loner.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
7 May 2026
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As a result, unlike what his name would suggest, Unique is a fairly generic loner who dully seeks vengeance.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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But what the New Yorker writer left behind is some of the finest prose of the 20th century, focusing primarily on the eccentrics, scalawags, seamen, and other denizens of New York’s dank corners.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
2 May 2026
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The town’s overflowing with charming Midwest eccentrics, including a cocky mayor (Henry Winkler) and a welcoming barkeep (Lena Headey).—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Misfit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misfit. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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