as in eccentric
a person of odd or whimsical habits
she's known as the office oddball
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Recent Examples of oddball
Pete Hammond, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2025
Both director and actor seek to defy tone and expectation, and Pattinson’s performance, using a weird little voice and delivering oddball line readings and inflections, fits perfectly with the auteur’s unique approach to humor and sincerity.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
Like the original silver-screen version, the story follows Marty McFly, who is transported back to 1955 in a time machine built by oddball scientist Doc Brown and accidentally changes the history of almost everyone close to him.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2025
At a dingy desk with the help of a couple of oddball objects (Amy Rubin did the Expressionist zigzag of a set and Forest Entsminger the zany props), Mellor’s witness is describing a play to us.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2025
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Together this oddball quartet sets out to help Michelle’s ultimate quest in finding her brother.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2025
Both director and actor seek to defy tone and expectation, and Pattinson’s performance, using a weird little voice and delivering oddball line readings and inflections, fits perfectly with the auteur’s unique approach to humor and sincerity.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
Like the original silver-screen version, the story follows Marty McFly, who is transported back to 1955 in a time machine built by oddball scientist Doc Brown and accidentally changes the history of almost everyone close to him.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2025
At a dingy desk with the help of a couple of oddball objects (Amy Rubin did the Expressionist zigzag of a set and Forest Entsminger the zany props), Mellor’s witness is describing a play to us.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oddball
Noun
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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
Adjective
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The esoteric will never sit completely comfortably in the mainstream, because that’s the point of it: to be unusual, bizarre, absurd.—
Eliza Goodpasture,
ARTnews.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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So many of the characters on this show speak with such bizarre, precise dialogue that can only make sense in the Severance world.—
Josh Wigler,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Assisted by cartoonishly indie flourishes, like words and other onomatopoeia scribed across the frame, the film’s slight, low-budget stylings allow for a greater concentration on character moments, usually by way of rapid-fire punchlines.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
16 Mar. 2025
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Especially since another character is literally going to need a hole drilled in his skull without anesthetic and has manned up enough to deal with that.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Visual notes of gothic horror, steampunk and video game graphics; slo-mo and muted color palettes; outlandish stunts further pushed over the top by CGI.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2025
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Some view his proposal to take over Gaza as outlandish or immoral, and are no fans of Israel’s right-wing government.—
Katie Glueck,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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As a result, Canadians have rejected American imports and issued other economic punishments in an unusual show of patriotism.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
16 Mar. 2025
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Network security also gets a significant upgrade with the help of AI. Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) powered by AI monitor traffic in real time, can flag unusual patterns that might indicate a security breach.—
Kathleen Walch,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Key West is known for its barrier coral reef, its many beaches, the Ernest Hemingway house, and its offbeat bars and lively nightlife.—
Katie Nadworny,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Mar. 2025
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Directed by Miguel Arteta from a razor-sharp screenplay by Mike White (THE WHITE LOTUS), remains a fascinatingly thorny character study and offbeat relic of early 2000s independent filmmaking.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
6 Mar. 2025
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Aduba shines as Cordelia, carefully finding the balance between kooky humor and an air of gravitas.—
Photo: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures.,
refinery29.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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Though the mysteries, shenanigans, and kooky characters of Mike White’s brainchild bring us back every season, the infamous fashion is not to be overlooked.—
Madison Yauger,
People.com,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Oddball.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oddball. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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