1
: something that fits badly
2
: a person who is poorly adapted to a situation or environment
social misfits
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Redford heads a team of eccentric misfits that includes a former CIA Agent (Sidney Poitier), a conspiracy theorist (Dan Aykroyd), an awkward geek (River Phoenix), and a blind man (David Strathairn) who get in over their heads when tasked with finding a device capable of breaking any code.
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
Millie Bobby Brown—the closest thing Netflix has to an in-house star—plays Michelle, a teenager sympathetic to the automatons’ plight who rallies a group of misfits to dethrone a heartless tech mogul, Ethan (Stanley Tucci), who believes that humans and robots shouldn’t coexist.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2025
Highly conservative organizations view them as dangerous misfits.
—Chip Bell, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
There’s an awkward and unspoken bond between her band of misfits.
—Lauren Leblanc, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
Millie Bobby Brown—the closest thing Netflix has to an in-house star—plays Michelle, a teenager sympathetic to the automatons’ plight who rallies a group of misfits to dethrone a heartless tech mogul, Ethan (Stanley Tucci), who believes that humans and robots shouldn’t coexist.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2025
Highly conservative organizations view them as dangerous misfits.
—Chip Bell, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
There’s an awkward and unspoken bond between her band of misfits.
—Lauren Leblanc, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for misfit
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“Misfit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misfit. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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misfit
noun
mis·fit
ˈmis-ˌfit 
(ˈ)mis-ˈfit
(ˈ)mis-ˈfit
1
: something that fits badly
2
: a person poorly adjusted to his or her environment
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