Misfit

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Misfit \Mis*fit"\, n.
     1. The act or the state of fitting badly; as, a misfit in
        making a coat; a ludicrous misfit.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Something that fits badly, as a garment.


        [1913 Webster]
  
              I saw an uneasy change in Mr. Micawber, which sat
              tightly on him, as if his new duties were a misfit.
                                                    --Dickens.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A person who does not fit in comfortably with the
        surrounding situation or society; one who cannot conform
        or adjust to the circumstances in which he lives.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  misfit
       n : someone unable to adapt to their circumstances
       [also: {misfitting}, {misfitted}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "misfit":
     Bohemian, anomaly, beatnik, black sheep, blemish, crosspatch,
     deviant, dissenter, dropout, eccentric, flower child, foreign body,
     foreign intruder, freak, heretic, hippie, impurity, individual,
     individualist, inner-directed person, intruder, maverick,
     monkey wrench, mote, naysayer, nonconformist, nonjuror, oddball,
     original, sectarian, sectary, sliver, speck, splinter, sport,
     stone, swinger, ugly duckling, unconformist, weed, yippie