misfit

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Why was with its relatively stereotypical uber-misfit, a hit, while this 2006 daydream foundered out of sight? "asks The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, out on DVD from Miramax this week - are stories of cruelly curtailed lives," writes

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  1. noun Something of the wrong size or shape for its purpose.
  2. noun One who is unable to adjust to one's environment or circumstances or is considered to be disturbingly different from others.

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  • The division was a complete misfit, and did nothing but block the roads and lose its guns. —  Panzer Battles
  • Being a misfit wasn't going to be so terrible after all. —  Garwood, Julie - Rose 1 - For the Roses
  • It was true that she had been a social misfit, an oddity, a recluse, a misplaced person in our little community. —  Nest Of Vipers-Gladys Mitchell-Bradley 55
  • Why was with its relatively stereotypical uber-misfit, a hit, while this 2006 daydream foundered out of sight? "asks The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, out on DVD from Miramax this week - are stories of cruelly curtailed lives," writes —  GreenCine Daily
  • Mind you, Toronto has become the misfit island of Former Red Bulls. —  Soccer Blogs - latest posts
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