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oddball

[od-bawl] / ˈɒdˌbɔl /
ADJECTIVE
eccentric
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After years of feeling like an oddball, Dean was pleased to be surrounded by kindred spirits: “All the people were the weird kids in their old school, right?”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Rai is the oddball wearing not one, but two gloves.

From The Wall Street Journal May 18, 2026

"For a long time, no one knew quite what to make of these oddball little blips of dimming," Bouma said.

From Science Daily Mar. 27, 2026

She found it in NBC’s new mockumentary series as an oddball boss.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 16, 2026

Calder wondered if he was becoming just as much of an oddball.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett




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