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misfit

2 definitions • 3 examples
1
someone who is not suited to a situation or who is not accepted by other people because their behaviour is strange or unusual:

Examples:

I didn't really know anyone at the party, so I felt like a misfit.
I was a bit of a social misfit at college because I didn't like going out at night.
2
someone who is not accepted socially by other people because his or her behavior is unusual or strange:

Examples:

I was a social misfit, the kind of kid no one played with.

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