as in character
a person of odd or whimsical habits
she's known as the office oddball
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Recent Examples of oddball
Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 30 July 2025
First offered in a passenger car by Mercedes-Benz back in 1974, the five-cylinder engine has always been a bit of an automotive oddball.
—Bradley Iger, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2025
This evolutionary opportunity produced a multitude of early animals, including oddballs with peculiar adaptations for survival, according to new research.
—Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 24 July 2025
Her book chronicles not only the misadventures of growing up in an oddball family, but also creative endeavors that include joining a band and putting on her own one-woman show.
—Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 15 July 2025
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Adjective
Season 3 kicks off in September with fights exploding and movie icon Samuel L. Jackson joining TV's oddball Manfredi crime family.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 30 July 2025
First offered in a passenger car by Mercedes-Benz back in 1974, the five-cylinder engine has always been a bit of an automotive oddball.
—Bradley Iger, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2025
This evolutionary opportunity produced a multitude of early animals, including oddballs with peculiar adaptations for survival, according to new research.
—Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 24 July 2025
Her book chronicles not only the misadventures of growing up in an oddball family, but also creative endeavors that include joining a band and putting on her own one-woman show.
—Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oddball
Noun
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These people’s histories range from the eccentric to the inspiring and are often stranger than fiction, memorable as well as consequential.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 July 2025
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Ra’s decades-long adherence to this personal mythology, along with his air of serene bemusement and his extravagant robes and headdresses, led to his popular image as a colorful eccentric.—
Ekow Eshun
July 11,
Literary Hub,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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The indictment of Adams’ former top advisor came a day after another member of Adams’ inner circle became embroiled in a bizarre apparent bribery attempt involving a news reporter.—
Gloria Pazmino,
CNN Money,
21 Aug. 2025
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The Italian police use her poor grasp of Italian and their own blindspots about American culture to bolster their bizarre theories.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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All the characters speak English, in either British or vaguely European accents, lifting Assayas from the burden of getting his actors to speak in a Russian tongue and helping to widen the casting net for one of his starriest ensembles.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
31 Aug. 2025
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Cosette was full of self-loathing because that was Amanda’s self-loathing, which is not the character of Cosette!—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Dogecoin, for comparison, was introduced in 2013 by software engineers lampooning what seemed like outlandish Bitcoin speculation at the time.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
21 Aug. 2025
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That fiction cannot keep up with outlandish fact in American life has become a cliché.—
Book Marks
August 21,
Literary Hub,
21 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Caretaker’s Cottage on the grounds, consider stopping by the original.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Wayward is one of Netflix Canada’s first originals.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Although unusual, this display is likely not going to be as strong as 2024’s extreme G5 geomagnetic storms, the most powerful for two decades.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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While the sight might not have been unusual a few weeks prior, Garcia's neighbors had notably packed up and moved out several days earlier, leaving the property completely empty, aside from the mysterious brown dog.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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If kooky Meow Wolf can become a global sensation in Santa Fe, NM drawing off a small portion of Santa Fe’s tourist pool and local residents, a far smaller number than Seattle has, why can’t Cannonball Arts similarly excel?—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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Newman and Marnell, as the adventurous Bill and gentlemanly Harry, respectively, fully embrace their kooky characters and revel in their eccentricities, while Wallace imbues an affable nature and optimism to Sam.—
Emlyn Travis Published,
EW.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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With its welcoming yet offbeat eddies of piano, acoustic guitar, woodwinds, and horns, Heavy Metal was a far cry from Geese’s livewire rock.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
26 Aug. 2025
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Its interviews have become a fixture on the circuit, asking tennis stars offbeat questions that get them out of their comfort zone.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Oddball.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oddball. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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