misfit

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• Misfit — may refer to: Misfit (short story), a short story by Robert A. Heinlein Misfit (Marvel Comics), a fictional male supervillain Misfit (DC Comics), a fictional female vigilante Misfit (rapper), a rapper in the hip hop group Rascalz Misfit (song), a …   Wikipedia

• 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,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• misfit — index misjoinder Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• misfit — (n.) 1823, garment which does not fit the person for whom it was intended; see MIS (Cf. mis ) (1) + FIT (Cf. fit) (n.1). Meaning person who does not fit his environment is attested from 1880 …   Etymology dictionary

• misfit — [n] nonconformist beatnik*, bohemian*, different breed*, dissenter, dissident, dropout, eccentric, fish out of water*, freak*, individualist, lone wolf, loser, oddball, odd man out, offbeat, outsider, weirdo*; concepts 359,423 …   New thesaurus

• misfit — ► NOUN 1) a person whose behaviour or attitude sets them apart from others. 2) something that does not fit or fits badly …   English terms dictionary

• misfit — [mis fit′, mis′fit΄; ] for n. [ mis′fit΄] vt., vi. misfitted, misfitting to fit badly n. 1. the act or condition of misfitting 2. anything that misfits, as a badly fitting garment 3. a person not suited to a job, associates, etc.; maladjusted… …   English World dictionary

• misfit — mis|fit [ˈmısˌfıt] n someone who does not seem to belong in a particular group of people, and who is not accepted by that group, because they are very different from the other group members ▪ I was very conscious of being a misfit at school. ▪ a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• misfit — [[t]mɪ̱sfɪt[/t]] misfits N COUNT A misfit is a person who is not easily accepted by other people, often because their behaviour is very different from that of everyone else. I have been made to feel a social and psychological misfit for not… …   English dictionary

• misfit — UK [ˈmɪsfɪt] / US [ˈmɪsˌfɪt] noun [countable] Word forms misfit : singular misfit plural misfits someone who does not seem to belong to a group or is not accepted by a group, because of being different in some way …   English dictionary

• misfit — /mis fit / for 1; /mis fit , mis fit / for 2; /mis fit / for 3, v., misfitted, misfitting, n. v.t., v.i. 1. to fit badly. n. 2. something that fits badly, as a garment that is too large or too small. 3. a person who is not suited or is unable to… …   Universalium