misfit
(noun) someone unable to adapt to their circumstances
Source: WordNet® 3.1
misfit (plural misfits)
(now rare) An ill-fitting garment.
A failure to fit well; unsuitability, disparity.
A badly adjusted person; someone unsuitable or set apart because of their habits, behaviour etc.
• (badly adjusted person): See also outcast or maverick
misfit (third-person singular simple present misfits, present participle misfitting, simple past and past participle misfitted)
(transitive, intransitive) To fit badly.
Source: Wiktionary
Mis*fit", n.
1. The act or the state of fitting badly; as, a misfit in making a coat; a ludicrous misfit.
2. Something that fits badly, as a garment. I saw an uneasy change in Mr. Micawber, which sat tightly on him, as if his new duties were a misfit. Dickens.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 May 2025
(noun) a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; “an air of mystery”; “the house had a neglected air”; “an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate’s headquarters”; “the place had an aura of romance”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
