misfit

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An ill-fitting garment.

   • Mr Toots’s legs shake under him; and though he is splendidly dressed, he feels misfits, and sees wrinkles, in the masterpieces of Burgess and Co., and wishes he had put on that brightest pair of boots.
2. 2

   A failure to fit well

   A failure to fit well; unsuitability, disparity.

   • And the fact that Christianity's Jesus is the resurrected Christ makes a vital point about the misfit between the Jesus whose teachings we have excavated and the Church which came after him.
3. 3

   A badly adjusted person

   A badly adjusted person; someone unsuitable or set apart because of their habits, behaviour etc.

   • Do you ever feel like a misfit? Everything inside you is dark and twisted Oh, but it's okay to be different 'Cause baby, so am I
   • 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.
   • She was very unhappy in Iraq and a misfit in the Army.
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   1. 4

      To fit badly.

      • His suit was misfitted and looked awkward.

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