- plural of misfit.
misfits
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They called in a crowd from society’s margins: a community “of DJs, dancers, strippers, tattoo artists, of the alternative world, the more gothic world, the misfits themselves,” says Cisternas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
A young man with an ear for poetry joins a community of literary misfits in Bonnie Garmus’s comic novel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Elsewhere, a steep flight of gloomily-lit stairs lead to the basement where Morck and his misfits are based – the abandoned shower quarter of the fictional police station which gives them the name Department Q.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The klan was a handful of misfits who screwed up everything they tried to do.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026
Pili held Llewelyn’s paw until they came full circle: a group of misfits ready for anything.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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