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misfit

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1. misfit - Noun

2. misfit - Verb

Meaning

The act or the state of fitting badly; as, a misfit in making a coat; a ludicrous misfit.

Something that fits badly, as a garment.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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He would have been a handful in any society. He is a misfit and fully conscious of it. The punctilio of his old-world manners, the dandified scrupulosity of his Savile Row suits, are compelled by an unsleeping awareness that he has no more business among ordinary human beings than a Venusian. Barry Humphries

Then I read Little Women, and of course, like a lot of really young girls, I was very taken with Jo - Jo being the writer and the misfit. Patti Smith

Maverick is a word which appeals to me more than misfit. Maverick is active, misfit is passive. Alan Rickman

It was possible to feel superior to other people and feel like a misfit at the same time. Jeffrey Eugenides

I grew up a misfit. I never fit in. Joe Manganiello

Welcome to the island of misfit toys. Stephen Chbosky

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