MISFIT

misfit

(noun) someone unable to adapt to their circumstances

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• (badly adjusted person): See also outcast or maverick

Verb

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



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RECREANT

(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”


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