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

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke