"misfit" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɪs.fɪt/ [UK, noun], /mɪsˈfɪt/ [UK, verb] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misfit.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misfit2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: misfits [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪt Etymology: From mis- + fit. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|fit}} mis- + fit Head templates: {{en-noun}} misfit (plural misfits)
  1. (now rare) An ill-fitting garment. Tags: archaic Translations (an ill-fitting garment): лошо скроена дреха (lošo skroena dreha) (Bulgarian), huonosti sopiva vaate (Finnish), inadatto (Italian), esfarrapado (Portuguese), пло́хо сидя́щая оде́жда (plóxo sidjáščaja odéžda) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-misfit-en-noun-wyXt8Aku Disambiguation of 'an ill-fitting garment': 96 1 3
  2. A failure to fit well; unsuitability, disparity. Translations (failure to fit well, unsuitability): неудачност (neudačnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ਕਜੋੜ (kajoṛ) [masculine] (Punjabi), desajuste [masculine] (Spanish), desentono [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-misfit-en-noun-lF9l3Lxe Disambiguation of 'failure to fit well, unsuitability': 3 88 9
  3. A badly adjusted person; someone unsuitable or set apart because of their habits, behaviour etc. Translations (a badly adjusted person): չհարմարված մարդ (čʿharmarvac mard) (Armenian), няўда́чнік (njaŭdáčnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), 不適應環境的人 (Chinese Mandarin), 不适应环境的人 (bù shìyìng huánjìng de rén) (Chinese Mandarin), onaangepaste [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), sopeutumaton henkilö (Finnish), inadapté [masculine] (French), Nichtangepasster [masculine] (German), Nichtangepasste [feminine] (German), Sonderling [masculine] (German), Aussenseiter [masculine] (German), Unangepasster [masculine] (German), Außenseiter [masculine] (German), απροσάρμοστος (aprosármostos) [masculine] (Greek), orang canggung (Indonesian), disadattato [masculine] (Italian), baltā vārna [feminine, figuratively] (Latvian), baltais zvirbulis [figuratively, masculine] (Latvian), nepritapėlis [masculine] (Lithuanian), nepritapėlė [feminine] (Lithuanian), odmieniec [masculine] (Polish), desajustado (Portuguese), неприспосо́бившийся челове́к (neprisposóbivšijsja čelovék) [masculine] (Russian), неужи́вшийся челове́к (neužívšijsja čelovék) [masculine] (Russian), неуда́чник (neudáčnik) [masculine] (Russian), неуда́чница (neudáčnica) [feminine] (Russian), inadaptado [masculine] (Spanish), невда́ха (nevdáxa) [feminine, masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-misfit-en-noun-lP9ek0j4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 29 55 6 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 11 21 60 8 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 13 17 58 12 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 19 15 48 18 Disambiguation of 'a badly adjusted person': 1 0 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: maverick Derived forms: misfit stream

Verb

IPA: /ˈmɪs.fɪt/ [UK, noun], /mɪsˈfɪt/ [UK, verb] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misfit.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misfit2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: misfits [present, singular, third-person], misfitting [participle, present], misfitted [participle, past], misfitted [past]
Rhymes: -ɪt Etymology: From mis- + fit. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|fit}} mis- + fit Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} misfit (third-person singular simple present misfits, present participle misfitting, simple past and past participle misfitted)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To fit badly. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to fit badly): не подхождам (ne podhoždam) (Bulgarian), nehodit se k [perfective] (Czech), nepasovat [perfective] (Czech), sopia huonosti (Finnish), netikti (Lithuanian), nesiderinti (Lithuanian), nederėti (Lithuanian), encaixar mal (Portuguese), не подходи́ть (ne podxodítʹ) (Russian), пло́хо сиде́ть (plóxo sidétʹ) (Russian), sentar mal (Spanish), encajar mal (Spanish), desentonar (Spanish), desencajar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-misfit-en-verb-p9Mq0hO2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2019, Amanda Koci, Henry Walter, Charlie Puth, Maria Smith, Victor Thellm Gigi Grombacher, Roland Spreckle (lyrics and music), “So Am I”, performed by Ava Max",
          "text": "Do you ever feel like a misfit?\nEverything inside you is dark and twisted\nOh, but it's okay to be different\n'Cause baby, so am I",
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          "ref": "2008, Adrian Blomfield, \"Has Russia got a new Stalin?\", Telegraph, 1 Mar 2008 Article",
          "text": "Just to be on the safe side, the Kremlin has also banned any of Putin's serious critics from standing. Three unelectable misfits have been allowed to mount token challenges."
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          "text": "She was very unhappy in Iraq and a misfit in the Army."
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          "sense": "a badly adjusted person",
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
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          "sense": "a badly adjusted person",
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a badly adjusted person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "odmieniec"
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          "_dis1": "1 0 99",
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "a badly adjusted person",
          "word": "desajustado"
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          "_dis1": "1 0 99",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "neprisposóbivšijsja čelovék",
          "sense": "a badly adjusted person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "неприспосо́бившийся челове́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 99",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "neužívšijsja čelovék",
          "sense": "a badly adjusted person",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "неужи́вшийся челове́к"
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        {
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "neudáčnik",
          "sense": "a badly adjusted person",
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          ],
          "word": "неуда́чник"
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          "roman": "neudáčnica",
          "sense": "a badly adjusted person",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "неуда́чница"
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          "_dis1": "1 0 99",
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          "sense": "a badly adjusted person",
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          "word": "inadaptado"
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          "roman": "nevdáxa",
          "sense": "a badly adjusted person",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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      "word": "maverick"
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          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "ne podhoždam",
          "sense": "to fit badly",
          "word": "не подхождам"
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          "sense": "to fit badly",
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          "sense": "to fit badly",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to fit badly",
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        {
          "code": "lt",
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          "sense": "to fit badly",
          "word": "netikti"
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        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "to fit badly",
          "word": "nesiderinti"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "to fit badly",
          "word": "nederėti"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to fit badly",
          "word": "encaixar mal"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ne podxodítʹ",
          "sense": "to fit badly",
          "word": "не подходи́ть"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "plóxo sidétʹ",
          "sense": "to fit badly",
          "word": "пло́хо сиде́ть"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to fit badly",
          "word": "sentar mal"
        },
        {
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      "roman": "bù shìyìng huánjìng de rén",
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      "word": "sopeutumaton henkilö"
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      "sense": "a badly adjusted person",
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      "word": "Sonderling"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "a badly adjusted person",
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      "word": "απροσάρμοστος"
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      "sense": "a badly adjusted person",
      "word": "orang canggung"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a badly adjusted person",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "disadattato"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "a badly adjusted person",
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      "sense": "a badly adjusted person",
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      "word": "odmieniec"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a badly adjusted person",
      "word": "desajustado"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      "roman": "neužívšijsja čelovék",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "ne podhoždam",
      "sense": "to fit badly",
      "word": "не подхождам"
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      "sense": "to fit badly",
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      "word": "nepasovat"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to fit badly",
      "word": "sopia huonosti"
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      "sense": "to fit badly",
      "word": "netikti"
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      "code": "lt",
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      "sense": "to fit badly",
      "word": "nesiderinti"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to fit badly",
      "word": "nederėti"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to fit badly",
      "word": "encaixar mal"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ne podxodítʹ",
      "sense": "to fit badly",
      "word": "не подходи́ть"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "plóxo sidétʹ",
      "sense": "to fit badly",
      "word": "пло́хо сиде́ть"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to fit badly",
      "word": "sentar mal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to fit badly",
      "word": "encajar mal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to fit badly",
      "word": "desentonar"
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      "code": "es",
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