misfit
misfit
Definition
mis·fit (mis fit′, mis′fit′; for n. mis′fit′)
transitive verb, intransitive verb -·fit′·ted, -·fit′·ting
to fit badly
noun
- the act or condition of misfitting
- anything that misfits, as a badly fitting garment
- a person not suited to a job, associates, etc.; maladjusted person
misfit
Synonyms
misfit
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- become: Children become hopelessly addicted, social misfits trapped in an electronic never-never land.
- feel: Feeling a misfit blighted Sassoon's abilities - and his poetry.
- see: I mean, how often have we seen two misfits who go out on their own to bring down a corrupt institution.
- consider: But Soren's behavior has not gone unnoticed, and she is considered a misfit.
- include: In November 1979 Victim supported The Damned ( a package that also included The Misfits for a while ) on an extensive UK tour.
Preposition: at
- school: She's a misfit at school and mocked by her classmates and teachers for skipping lessons.
Adjective modifier
- social: Or, in the eyes of some, a band of social misfits running their own private mafia.
- other: Paul calls out to the other misfits that it's time to go foraging.
- teenage: Within the novel this teenage misfit gets himself in tons of trouble.
- scruffy: A scruffy, antisocial misfit, she's been convicted of murder and sentenced to die.
- antisocial: It's instant antisocial misfit, just add Fat Boy.
- musical: Musical Misfits - Mozart's Flute and Harp Concerto 13.
Modifies a noun
- strain: It is based on the balancing of the bending moment generated by the misfit strain against the opposing moment offered by the beam.
- dislocation: Unfortunately the presence of strain can also cause the devices to degrade through the formation of misfit dislocations.
- friend: The hilariously adorable Chicken Little and his loyal band of misfit friends are charging onto Disney DVD from 22nd May.
- stream: Breakdown Inlet Sump Water emerges from a choked sump and is probably a small misfit stream invading an old fossil route.
- crew: Together this misfit crew tries to save the day.
- status: She accredits their staying power to the variety between each album and their misfit status.
Noun used with modifier
- data: As for the data misfit, he had preferred to go along with what was available.
Preposition: of
- society: He takes to the streets killing the homeless, the misfits of society who now become the focus of his existence or work.
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