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Word entry · 6 letters

misfit

Best crossword clue

"Awkward outsider"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈmɪs.fɪt/Part of speech nounSorted fiimstStarts with MEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
1M2I3S4F5I6T

Definitions

  1. someone unable to adapt to their circumstances

Word origin

From mis- + fit.

Used in a sentence

  • 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

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