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
The character is an androgynous misfit, with intended humor deriving from those around Pat not being able to figure out Pat’s gender.
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Zack Sharf, Variety, 12 Feb. 2025
Each character is often an outlier, a loner or a misfit.
—Stuart Neal, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
At the height of the action, when St. Crispin’s Day and her band of misfits deploy the semiotic transponder, a barrage of words that should arrive with a gut-flipping wallop hits more above the neck than below it.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2025
Jared Hess’ 2004 cult classic about a pack of misfits growing up in Preston, Idaho, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to mixed results.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Feb. 2025
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Zack Sharf, Variety, 12 Feb. 2025
Each character is often an outlier, a loner or a misfit.
—Stuart Neal, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
At the height of the action, when St. Crispin’s Day and her band of misfits deploy the semiotic transponder, a barrage of words that should arrive with a gut-flipping wallop hits more above the neck than below it.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2025
Jared Hess’ 2004 cult classic about a pack of misfits growing up in Preston, Idaho, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to mixed results.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misfit
Noun
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Further reading: Trump wants to end this GOP maverick’s political career.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
13 Mar. 2025
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Since the Second World War, the United States has exercised de-facto military control over Greenland, thanks to the maverick diplomat Henrik Kauffmann, who, as Denmark’s envoy to Washington in 1941, granted the U.S. control over its security.—
Louise Bokkenheuser,
The New Yorker,
11 Mar. 2025
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These experiments, interspersed with short spells in power for the more conventional parties of the center-left, show an electorate drawn to stronger and stronger versions of outsider posturing and populist extremism.—
Moisés Naím,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2025
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Few outsiders have gotten a glimpse of Stardust’s plans, and the company has not publicly released details about its technology, its business model, or exactly who works at its company.—
Ramin Skibba,
WIRED,
22 Mar. 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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An anomaly in the tax code is that QCDs can be made by any traditional IRA owner who is age 70½ or older, but after recent law changes RMDs don’t begin until age 73.—
Bob Carlson,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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But that feels like an anomaly rather than something that’s going to happen with Snow White.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 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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Rachel does a great job conveying such collective endeavors and group dreaming, the whole circumference of people who support bands: friends of friends, drop-of-a-hat designers, stopgap agents, stall owners, dealers, grandparents with record collections, eccentrics without portfolios.—
Ian Penman,
Harper's Magazine,
19 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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“Misfit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misfit. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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