Associations to the word «Misfit»

Wiktionary

MISFIT, noun. (now rare) An ill-fitting garment.
MISFIT, noun. A failure to fit well; unsuitability, disparity.
MISFIT, noun. A badly adjusted person; someone unsuitable or set apart because of their habits, behaviour etc.
MISFIT, verb. (transitive) (intransitive) To fit badly.

Dictionary definition

MISFIT, noun. Someone unable to adapt to their circumstances.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats