US /ˈmɪsˌfɪt/ UK /ˈmɪsfɪt/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a person poorly suited to their environment or situation

    He always felt like a misfit among his ambitious, conventional colleagues.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a person poorly suited to... outsidernonconformistoddballmaverickloneroutcast
Opposites
conformist
Word family
Related forms fitmisfitting

Etymology

From mis- ('wrongly, badly') + fit, the latter of uncertain origin, perhaps from Middle English fitten ('to be suitable').

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