as in eccentric
a person of odd or whimsical habits
she's known as the office oddball
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Recent Examples of oddball
Alex Ritman, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
The end of that era should be celebrated, but this calling out of the loudmouths, oddballs, misogynists and gropers may have tipped into an overly condemnatory age.
—Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 31 Dec. 2024
But favorites and oddballs aside, all of the pieces come together to make a full drag kit, or collection of products performers use to craft their onstage personas.
—Taylor Alxndr, Them, 27 Nov. 2024
With such an oddball crew, there were (and remain) plenty of reasons not to date climbers.
—Matt Samet, Outside Online, 3 Jan. 2025
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Noun
But things go terribly wrong when an unexpected snowstorm throws everyone off course, and this oddball group of friends faces their greatest challenge yet — mortality.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
The end of that era should be celebrated, but this calling out of the loudmouths, oddballs, misogynists and gropers may have tipped into an overly condemnatory age.
—Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 31 Dec. 2024
But favorites and oddballs aside, all of the pieces come together to make a full drag kit, or collection of products performers use to craft their onstage personas.
—Taylor Alxndr, Them, 27 Nov. 2024
With such an oddball crew, there were (and remain) plenty of reasons not to date climbers.
—Matt Samet, Outside Online, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oddball
Noun
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My dedication, to help the waifs and strays and eccentrics of the music world together, continues to this day.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2024
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Robert Redford delivers folksy wisdom as a local eccentric who once had his own dragon encounter, and even Karl Urban’s greedy logger is more of a nuisance than an outright villain.—
Josh Bell,
Vulture,
20 Dec. 2024
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Does that explain his bizarre excursion to allow Arnaut Danjuma to score?—
Greg O'Keeffe,
The Athletic,
30 Jan. 2025
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Archaeologists have uncovered a series of bizarre ancient burials in France.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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There’s just no telling how far the Moana 2 cast will go to perfectly capture their characters.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
27 Jan. 2025
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Also known as slow decorating, this mindful approach brings intentionality into your home, creating spaces filled with character and charm.—
Sophie Flaxman,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The proposal was met with a mixed reaction — while some dismissed it as outlandish, others saw it as a shrewd geopolitical move.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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However, the storytelling only kicks in about 15 minutes before the intermission, and then quickly swerves into outlandish territory and stays there.—
Anupama Chopra,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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While some of the operations may not have been unusual, ICE averaged 311 daily arrests in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30. — Associated Press Trump says inflation isn’t his No. 1 issue.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Jan. 2025
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Hegseth showed up in person for the vote, which is unusual.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA TODAY,
25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The offbeat premise and ingenious staging prove that no algorithm can yet prescribe a hit Broadway musical.—
Lisa Wong Macabasco,
Vogue,
23 Jan. 2025
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After Season 1 introduced viewers to the offbeat, sinister world of Lumon Industries, the Innies that make up its workforce, and the Outies compartmentalizing their lives, Season 2 is now unfolding deeper, stranger intricacies that speak to how corporations deal with dissenters.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Hardly undone by all that, the plucky Texas teen enlists the otherworldly assist of her mystical, kooky and somewhat sage aunt Gugu (Lori Tan Chinn) and a sidekick, the vampire spirit Ed (Bowen Yang), who warned her about the demon Kit (Woosung Kim).—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
17 Jan. 2025
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In a decade of TV witches; an alluring genie; a mother who communicates through a car radio; a flying nun; and creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky families; there was really nothing all that unusual about a talking horse.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes,
5 Jan. 2025
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“Oddball.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oddball. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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