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How to use misfit in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun, verb

Misfit means an ill-fitting garment. Example: “She was very unhappy in Iraq and a misfit in the Army.”

Examples of misfit by meaning

nounA failure to fit well; unsuitability, disparity.

  • 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.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 94

nounA badly adjusted person; someone unsuitable or set apart because of their habits, behaviour etc.

  • 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.
  • Three unelectable misfits have been allowed to mount token challenges.2008, Adrian Blomfield, "Has Russia got a new Stalin?", Telegraph, 1 Mar 2008 Article

verbTo fit badly.

  • His suit was misfitted and looked awkward.

More sentences with misfit

  • The preteen stars develop an organic and winningly uncool rapport, that shared language of misfit middle-school camaraderie.2019 August 14, A. A. Dowd, “Good Boys Puts a Tween Spin on the R-rated Teen Comedy, to Mostly Funny Effect”, in The A.V. Club, archived…. From the entry winningly
  • Overweight, bespectacled misfit Roly suffered horrific bullying at the hands of hardnut Norman "Gripper" Stebson.2019 November 21, Michael Hogan, “What kind of parents will the kids from Grange Hill make?”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph…. From the entry gymfluencer
  • A more pug-ugly collection of badly-dressed social misfits would be difficult to find.2014, Doctor at Large, by Richard Gordon, House of Stratus, →ISBN. From the entry pug-ugly
  • You wouldn't think to look at the boy, that he could possibly be such a tragic misfit in school.1943, Mary Ruth Sandifer, American Lay Opinion of the Progressive School, Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press…. From the entry collywobbles
  • A no-holds-barred, gritty – albeit often comic – portrait of the travails of a disparate group of misfits navigating Edinburgh’s dark, drug-riddled underbelly.2023 July 2, David Barnett, “‘Choose drugs?’ 30 years after he wrote Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh says life is tougher now”, in The…. From the entry no-holds-barred
  • As wifier-than-thou Val, Miss Eikenberry seems to be reprising her "LA Law" role, just as Miss Sheedy seems to be reprising her misfit from her "Breakfast Club" days.1993 July 18, “'Lace' covers women's concerns but avoids some broader issues”, in The Washington Times. From the entry wifier
  • Finally, it was interesting to note how "Patrick" included the pentecostalists in his list of the many derelicts and misfits that roam the hallways of the school.1988 March 4, Jorge Montes, “Talking Back to Teachers”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry pentecostalist
  • Because of this situation, you find the idlers, the never-do-wells, the nicompoops, the unqualified and the misfits these days getting on better in life than their hardworking colleagues.1965, Marius Nkwoh, Bribery and Corruption: Bane of Our Society, Aba, Abia, Nigeria: International Press, →OCLC, page 110. From the entry nicompoop
  • Jenny is named for a singer and Fanny for a beautiful dancer, but mother says they're both misfits, for Jenny can't carry a tune and Fanny's kind of stiff-legged.1903, Kate Douglas Wiggin, chapter 1, in Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm. From the entry carry a tune
  • Unfortunately it quite often sidelined any democratic processes and became an integral part of the general mayhem as some unfortunate misfit of the moment was held down and gozzed on.2018, Roger Smith, Tell Me Why, Troubador Publishing, →ISBN, page 120. From the entry gozz

Meaning of misfit

  1. noun An ill-fitting garment.
  2. noun A failure to fit well; unsuitability, disparity.
  3. noun A badly adjusted person; someone unsuitable or set apart because of their habits, behaviour etc.

Full definition of misfit

Questions about misfit in a sentence

How do you use misfit in a sentence?
Misfit is used as a noun and verb. For example: “She was very unhappy in Iraq and a misfit in the Army.”
What is a short sentence with misfit?
“His suit was misfitted and looked awkward.”
What does misfit mean?
Misfit means an ill-fitting garment.

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