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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Bohemian, anomaly, beatnik, black sheep, blemish, crosspatch, deviant, dissenter, dropout, eccentric, flower child, foreign body, foreign intruder, freak, heretic, hippie, impurity, individual, individualist, inner-directed person, intruder, maverick, monkey wrench, mote, naysayer, nonconformist, nonjuror, oddball, original, sectarian, sectary, sliver, speck, splinter, sport, stone, swinger, ugly duckling, unconformist, weed, yippie

Dictionary Results for misfit:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

misfit
    n 1: someone unable to adapt to their circumstances

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Misfit \Mis*fit"\, n.
   1. The act or the state of fitting badly; as, a misfit in
      making a coat; a ludicrous misfit.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Something that fits badly, as a garment.
      [1913 Webster]

            I saw an uneasy change in Mr. Micawber, which sat
            tightly on him, as if his new duties were a misfit.
                                                  --Dickens.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. A person who does not fit in comfortably with the
      surrounding situation or society; one who cannot conform
      or adjust to the circumstances in which he lives.
      [PJC]

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