misfits

plural of misfit

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Recent Examples of misfits As counselor, Nomi is responsible for the titular floaters, a small group of misfits who refuse to take part in the usual summer activities. Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 The Ramones stood on stage not as rock gods or unattainable heroes, but as oddballs, misfits, and fellow outcasts in torn jeans. Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026 By building a community of misfits, making value plays on underappreciated veterans, and by finding players who prefer the exhale of a prairie sky to the bustle of a big city. Murat Ates, New York Times, 26 June 2026 Once the lovable expansion misfits, the Vegas Golden Knights have now become the black hat-wearing Oakland Raiders of the National Hockey League. Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 1 June 2026 The film — which 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) — debuted to a record $163 million domestic opening and ultimately grossed $960 million worldwide. Angelique Jackson, Variety, 30 May 2026 On the eve of the new millennium, a group of townie misfits gain superpowers in The Wonderfools, a new Netflix K-drama that reunites Extraordinary Attorney Woo star Park Eun-bin with director Yoo In-sik. Kayti Burt, Time, 15 May 2026 The topical, darkly funny, whip-smart series from Eric Kripke follows a band of vigilante misfits who fight to expose the all-powerful, corrupt conglomerate Vought International and its stable of villainous superheroes. Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026 As previously announced, Burr plays a gruff American record-store owner who convinces a ragtag gang of teenage misfits that their best, and possibly only, chance to lose their virginity before graduating high school is at a massive open-air mass for the visiting Pope. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 12 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misfits
Noun
  • 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
  • The confluence at Black Mountain of émigré artists like Josef and Anni Albers with homegrown mavericks like John Cage and Buckminster Fuller (who constructed his first geodesic dome there) marked an early flowering of this mode of learning, which was still in fine health decades later.
    Christopher Benfey, The New York Review of Books, 19 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Unfortunately, during the early to mid-twentieth century, negative perceptions of immigrant and ethnic laborers led many outsiders to view their neighborhoods as unsafe, unclean, and detrimental to the social fabric of American cities.
    Michelle Oliva-Espinosa, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026
  • And the Democrat noted that while other states seemed interested in younger candidates who might be perceived as outsiders, California Democrats backed a veteran politician in Xavier Becerra.
    Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
Noun
  • With his rugged handsomeness and wry sense of humor, Neill built an almost-50-year career playing heroes and villains, freaks and geniuses.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 13 July 2026
  • 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.
    Elena Lazic, Variety, 26 June 2026

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