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
Still, this sympathetic love letter to teenage misfits everywhere wouldn't work without Spacek's wide-eyed vulnerability and King's deep understanding of the humiliations of adolescence and popularity that every teen knows all too well.
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EW.com, 23 May 2025
Around them gathered misfits of all types, including the teachers who never stopped believin’, despite opposition from Jane Lynch, who chewed the scenery that was McKinley High as the spitefully quippy Sue Sylvester.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 20 May 2025
Ten years ago this month, a 21-year-old misfit who imagined himself a white supremacist zealot walked casually through the unlocked door of the oldest African Methodist Episcopal Church in the South.
—Kevin Sack, Time, 3 June 2025
The film follows a group of misfits – Henry, Natalie, Garrett, and Dawn – who are sucked into a portal and thrown into the cubic world of Minecraft.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
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EW.com, 23 May 2025
Around them gathered misfits of all types, including the teachers who never stopped believin’, despite opposition from Jane Lynch, who chewed the scenery that was McKinley High as the spitefully quippy Sue Sylvester.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 20 May 2025
Ten years ago this month, a 21-year-old misfit who imagined himself a white supremacist zealot walked casually through the unlocked door of the oldest African Methodist Episcopal Church in the South.
—Kevin Sack, Time, 3 June 2025
The film follows a group of misfits – Henry, Natalie, Garrett, and Dawn – who are sucked into a portal and thrown into the cubic world of Minecraft.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misfit
Noun
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Your Ability To Work Within A Structured System Franchising isn’t necessarily for the maverick who is looking to reinvent themselves and their passion.—
Seth Lederman,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Think of Ait-Nouri as a Joao Cancelo type full-back; a maverick in possession, inventive, good in tight spaces, and able to play in the pockets or out wide in a flexible Pep Guardiola team.—
David Ornstein,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
Noun
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Mistrust of outsiders generally and governments specifically was woven into the community’s history.—
Brandy Zadrozny,
NBC news,
4 June 2025
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One commentator even explained the casting through the lens of Spider-Man, so outsiders could understand the controversy.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Any time America reports its economy is strong, Wall Street has a freak-out.—
Christine Romans,
CNN,
6 Jan. 2023
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The latest episode of the Fox first responder series saw a freak storm system wreak havoc at a carnival, particularly for a newly single dad, Trevor (Lucifer's D.B. Woodside), who had to be rescued by the 126 twice in one day.—
Patrick Gomez,
EW.com,
25 Jan. 2023
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Key benefits include: Enhanced Detection: AI uncovers patterns and anomalies missed by traditional systems.—
Ravi Gedela,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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The mass shooter, meticulously assembling his arsenal, is a statistical anomaly.—
Malcolm Gladwell,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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The tall Burr Johnson is often a loner in this group, gesturing and prancing, then suddenly swirling into larger-scale motion.—
Roslyn Sulcas,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Could an irredeemable loner doomed to a life peering from the outside in do this?—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
26 May 2025
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There are dozens upon dozens of memorable eccentrics, delusional antiheroes, blustery authority figures, sad sacks, screw-ups and all-too-lovable schmucks that populate the 12 feature films and handful of shorts directed by Wes Anderson.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
28 May 2025
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To take her mind off him, Agathe meets an Austen-like family of eccentrics running the retreat and the sometimes pretentious writers attending it.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
22 May 2025
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“Misfit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misfit. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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