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
Hiring misfits costs knowledge, alignment, and morale.
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Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
In it, five misfits battle to dismantle a conspiracy of teenagers aiming to halt climate change by exterminating adults.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
Read: One legacy of the pandemic may be less judgment of the child-free
Child-free people have long been societal misfits to some degree.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
To win her back, Rickey creates a misfit curling team and uses his sweeping skills to compete for gold and complete a comic quest for redemption that captivates the nation.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
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Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
In it, five misfits battle to dismantle a conspiracy of teenagers aiming to halt climate change by exterminating adults.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
Read: One legacy of the pandemic may be less judgment of the child-free
Child-free people have long been societal misfits to some degree.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
To win her back, Rickey creates a misfit curling team and uses his sweeping skills to compete for gold and complete a comic quest for redemption that captivates the nation.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misfit
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One of the most glaring moments of defiance came in January 2022, when both maverick senators voted against a Democratic proposal to carve out the Senate’s filibuster rule to pass voting rights legislation.Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2024
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The maverick says he was almost wiped out by the 1997 Asian financial crisis and again in December 2004 when a tsunami roared across many parts of Asia, killing at least 225,000 people, including guests and staff at his Anantara resort at Khao Lak, north of Phuket.Ron Gluckman, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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The Thunder up until then had been complaining about a lack of respect toward them from outsiders.Joe Vardon, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
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When supply chain chaos collided with booming demand for consumer electronics during the pandemic, the resulting chip shortage exposed the big risks of relying on outsiders for such a critical technology.Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
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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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Tech vendors play a critical role in this process by helping businesses identify and address data anomalies and ensure that the technology is only working with high-quality information.John Case, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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This grim record that 2024 will almost certainly set in its final few weeks offers another indication that this pattern of extreme heat and violent weather, as scientists say, is no longer the anomaly but the norm.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
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Iceland, the hunky loner currently renting Sam’s family farm with his dog Wesley.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2024
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Heraclitus was a loner, according to the sketchy accounts of him, and rather a crank.David Quammen, Outside Online, 29 Nov. 2024
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Long before its golden sands and rocky coves became reality TV-famous, Laguna Beach was known as an enclave for artists, eccentrics, surfers, and bohemians.Christina Pérez, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2024
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That someone was Gary Paxton, one of the true eccentrics in the early fly-by-night Hollywood rock ‘n’ roll industry.Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Misfit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misfit. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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