misfit
/ˈmɪs.fɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A failure to fit well; unsuitability, disparity.
noun
A badly adjusted person; someone unsuitable or set apart because of their habits, behaviour etc.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "The MBA was a misfit when stuck in a meeting with the programmers."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- Middle English fit? English fit English misfit From mis- + fit.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈmɪs.fɪt/