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
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.
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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
The character is an androgynous misfit, with intended humor deriving from those around Pat not being able to figure out Pat’s gender.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 12 Feb. 2025
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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
The character is an androgynous misfit, with intended humor deriving from those around Pat not being able to figure out Pat’s gender.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misfit
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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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Hayes acknowledged Thompson’s journey ahead of the match as a cautionary tale of how a mistimed moment can obscure a player’s potential, especially from an outsider’s perspective.—
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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The only non-No. 1 seed in the Final Four, UConn was viewed as the outsider in the field, which also included UCLA and Texas, who lost their respective games on Friday, April 4.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
6 Apr. 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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These systems excel at identifying patterns and detecting anomalies.—
Shailesh Manjrekar,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Still, the New York Rangers play at Madison Square Garden, which is one of the busiest venues in sports, which leads to schedule anomalies like the one experienced Wednesday night.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
2 Apr. 2025
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The premise holds more than a modicum of clever intrigue, blending sci-fi, romance, horror and action-adventure in a slow-burning character study centered on two broken-spirited, sharp-shooting loners protecting the world from evil.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
13 Feb. 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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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 12 Apr. 2025.
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