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
Manaea returns as one of the top pitchers on the team, joining a rotation full of misfit reclamation projects.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Adam Elliot never shies away from an opportunity to turn societal misfits into people worthy of love and acceptance on screen.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
Influenced by Robert Bresson's L'Argent (1983), Slacker bounces through town following the next interesting person to cross the frame in a daisy chain of oddballs and misfits.
—Brian Smolensky and James Mercadante, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2025
The spectre of death that so often dominates Colombian storytelling turns into a chance to create a dizzying film about the lengths a group of misfits will go to avoid their eventual encounter with Death herself.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Adam Elliot never shies away from an opportunity to turn societal misfits into people worthy of love and acceptance on screen.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
Influenced by Robert Bresson's L'Argent (1983), Slacker bounces through town following the next interesting person to cross the frame in a daisy chain of oddballs and misfits.
—Brian Smolensky and James Mercadante, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2025
The spectre of death that so often dominates Colombian storytelling turns into a chance to create a dizzying film about the lengths a group of misfits will go to avoid their eventual encounter with Death herself.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misfit
Noun
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Kai Havertz’s finishing, for example, or Kylian Mbappe’s work rate, or the gradual erosion of Jack Grealish’s maverick edge.—
Rory Smith,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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Overall, there were palpable achievements, not a few of which involved reminding Americans of the importance of core structural values as the maverick extremes of political discourse exploded in their influence.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Jan. 2025
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Like his sister, he’s often felt like an outsider in the family—especially since sports have never been his strong suit.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Conservatives have allied themselves with a leader who appears to be an eccentric outsider.—
Luke Berryman,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2025
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What prompted the freak-out was Netflix’s warning that growth in the first part of 2022 would be slowing down — way down, as in nearly half of the 2021 Q1 growth.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2022
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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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The worry was that, in 2025, with a new regime in the White House and a sympathetic Congress, the struggles of the previous year could be not an anomaly but a template for the time ahead.—
Nathan Heller,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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When the man arrived at the Ysleta port of entry, officers completed a Low Energy Portal scan and noticed anomalies in the way the vehicle looked.—
Saleen Martin,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 2025
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Basically, the Robin Hood figure, the noble loner, the mysterious stranger that shows up in the nick of time, solves the problem and then rides off into the sunset.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2025
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Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection In Elijah Bynum’s coming-of-age crime drama, a lanky loner is sent away to Cape Cod to spend the summer with his aunt.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
25 Feb. 2025
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Would love to know what these career eccentrics make of the pomp and pageantry of the Grammys.—
August Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2025
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Foreman was one of the last living crossover theatrical eccentrics, an outsider artist whose philosophically rigorous work for downtown micro-audiences alternated with engagements at Lincoln Center and the Festival d’Automne, in Paris.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Misfit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misfit. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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