misfit
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misfit
- /ˈmɪs.fɪt/ UK
- /mɪsˈfɪt/ UK
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noun misfits
- An ill-fitting garment. Mr Toots’s legs shake under him; and though he is splendidly dressed, he feels misfits, and sees wrinkles, in the masterpieces of Burgess and Co., and wishes he had put on that brightest pair of boots.
- A failure to fit well; unsuitability, disparity. And the fact that Christianity's Jesus is the resurrected Christ makes a vital point about the misfit between the Jesus whose teachings we have excavated and the Church which came after him.
- A badly adjusted person; someone unsuitable or set apart because of their habits, behaviour etc. Do you ever feel like a misfit? Everything inside you is dark and twisted Oh, but it's okay to be different 'Cause baby, so am I
Similar: maverick
verb misfits · misfitting · misfitted
- To fit badly. His suit was misfitted and looked awkward.
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noun an ill-fitting garment
| Português | esfarrapado |
|---|---|
| Italiano | inadatto |
| Русский | пло́хо сидя́щая оде́жда plóxo sidjáščaja odéžda |
noun a badly adjusted person
| Español | inadaptado |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 不適應環境的人 /不适应环境的人 bù shìyìng huánjìng de rén |
| Português | desajustado |
| Français | inadapté |
| Deutsch | Nichtangepasster, Nichtangepasste, Sonderling, Aussenseiter, Unangepasster, Außenseiter |
| Italiano | disadattato |
| Ελληνικά | απροσάρμοστος aprosármostos |
| Русский | неприспосо́бившийся челове́к neprisposóbivšijsja čelovék, неужи́вшийся челове́к neužívšijsja čelovék, неуда́чник neudáčnik, неуда́чница neudáčnica |
verb to fit badly
| Español | sentar mal, encajar mal, desentonar, desencajar |
|---|---|
| Português | encaixar mal |
| Русский | не подходи́ть ne podxodítʹ, пло́хо сиде́ть plóxo sidétʹ |
Talk about this word "misfit." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/misfit. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. misfit. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/misfit "misfit." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/misfit.
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@misc{misfit_2026,
title = {misfit},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/misfit},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
