1
: something that fits badly
2
: a person who is poorly adapted to a situation or environment
social misfits
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Quitting misfit jobs is just an interlude in their pursuit of AI excellence to gift humans a brave new age of passion and leisure, as AI agents do our bidding.
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Aditya Malik, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
As a result, Cookie sold out online and was twice restocked, so fervent was everyone’s love for the misfit toy.
—Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
In standing against the High Evolutionary's exclusionary eugenics and celebrating the unique humanity of every misfit and outcast, GotG 3 comes closer to being an X-Men movie than any other MCU installment to date, and that's a high compliment.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Netflix picked up Danny Brocklehurst and Joe Gilgun’s dramedy about a band of misfits in August ahead of the launch of Season 6 on Sky, and since then Brassic has been killing it on the platform.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Nov. 2024
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Aditya Malik, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
As a result, Cookie sold out online and was twice restocked, so fervent was everyone’s love for the misfit toy.
—Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
In standing against the High Evolutionary's exclusionary eugenics and celebrating the unique humanity of every misfit and outcast, GotG 3 comes closer to being an X-Men movie than any other MCU installment to date, and that's a high compliment.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Netflix picked up Danny Brocklehurst and Joe Gilgun’s dramedy about a band of misfits in August ahead of the launch of Season 6 on Sky, and since then Brassic has been killing it on the platform.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Nov. 2024
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“Misfit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misfit. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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misfit
noun
mis·fit
ˈmis-ˌfit 
(ˈ)mis-ˈfit
(ˈ)mis-ˈfit
1
: something that fits badly
2
: a person poorly adjusted to his or her environment
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