Meaning of "misfit" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF MISFIT

misfit  [ˈmɪsˌfɪt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MISFIT

Misfit is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb misfit in English.

WHAT DOES MISFIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Misfit

Misfit may refer to: People ▪ Misfit, a rapper in the hip hop group Rascalz ▪ Misfit, a Korean lyricist at S.M. Entertainment Books and comics ▪ "Misfit", a short story by Robert A. Heinlein ▪ Misfit, a fictional male supervillain ▪ Misfit, a fictional female vigilante ▪ The Misfit, character in Flannery O'Connor's short story A Good Man Is Hard to Find Entertainment ▪ Salah Asuhan, a 1972 Indonesian film released internationally as The Misfit ▪ "Misfit", a song by Amy Studt ▪ "Misfit", a song by Elefant ▪ "Misfit", a song by Curiosity Killed the Cat Geography ▪ Misfit stream, geographical term, one too small to have carved out the valley in which it flows.

Definition of misfit in the English dictionary

The first definition of misfit in the dictionary is a person not suited in behaviour or attitude to a particular social environment. Other definition of misfit is something that does not fit or fits badly. Misfit is also to fail to fit or be fitted.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MISFIT

PRESENT

Present

I misfit

you misfit

he/she/it misfits

we misfit

you misfit

they misfit

Present continuous

I am misfiting

you are misfiting

he/she/it is misfiting

we are misfiting

you are misfiting

they are misfiting

Present perfect

I have misfited

you have misfited

he/she/it has misfited

we have misfited

you have misfited

they have misfited

Present perfect continuous

I have been misfiting

you have been misfiting

he/she/it has been misfiting

we have been misfiting

you have been misfiting

they have been misfiting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I misfited

you misfited

he/she/it misfited

we misfited

you misfited

they misfited

Past continuous

I was misfiting

you were misfiting

he/she/it was misfiting

we were misfiting

you were misfiting

they were misfiting

Past perfect

I had misfited

you had misfited

he/she/it had misfited

we had misfited

you had misfited

they had misfited

Past perfect continuous

I had been misfiting

you had been misfiting

he/she/it had been misfiting

we had been misfiting

you had been misfiting

they had been misfiting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will misfit

you will misfit

he/she/it will misfit

we will misfit

you will misfit

they will misfit

Future continuous

I will be misfiting

you will be misfiting

he/she/it will be misfiting

we will be misfiting

you will be misfiting

they will be misfiting

Future perfect

I will have misfited

you will have misfited

he/she/it will have misfited

we will have misfited

you will have misfited

they will have misfited

Future perfect continuous

I will have been misfiting

you will have been misfiting

he/she/it will have been misfiting

we will have been misfiting

you will have been misfiting

they will have been misfiting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would misfit

you would misfit

he/she/it would misfit

we would misfit

you would misfit

they would misfit

Conditional continuous

I would be misfiting

you would be misfiting

he/she/it would be misfiting

we would be misfiting

you would be misfiting

they would be misfiting

Conditional perfect

I would have misfit

you would have misfit

he/she/it would have misfit

we would have misfit

you would have misfit

they would have misfit

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been misfiting

you would have been misfiting

he/she/it would have been misfiting

we would have been misfiting

you would have been misfiting

they would have been misfiting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you misfit
we let´s misfit
you misfit

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to misfit

Past participle

misfited

Present Participle

misfiting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «MISFIT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «misfit» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of misfit

eccentric · flake · nonconformist · oddball

TRANSLATION OF MISFIT

Find out the translation of misfit to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of misfit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «misfit» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 与别人合不来的人
• Translator English - Spanish: inadaptado
• English: misfit
• Translator English - Hindi: मिसफिट
• Translator English - Arabic: كفؤ
• Translator English - Russian: несоответствия
• Translator English - Portuguese: deslocado
• Translator English - Bengali: বেমানান বস্তু
• Translator English - French: inadapté
• Translator English - Malay: Salah laku
• Translator English - German: Außenseiter
• Translator English - Japanese: 場違いな人
• Translator English - Korean: 부적응자
• Translator English - Javanese: Misfit
• Translator English - Vietnamese: misfit
• Translator English - Tamil: பொருந்தாத ஒன்றாக
• Translator English - Marathi: गैरसमज
• Translator English - Turkish: uyumsuz tip
• Translator English - Italian: disadattato
• Translator English - Polish: odmieniec
• Translator English - Ukrainian: невідповідності
• Translator English - Romanian: inadaptabil
• Translator English - Greek: απροσάρμοστος
• Translator English - Afrikaans: verarmde
• Translator English - Swedish: missanpassad
• Translator English - Norwegian: misfit

10 QUOTES WITH «MISFIT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word misfit.

1

Clare Balding

I felt like a misfit at school, and I think that's quite common.

2

Camren Bicondova

I always thought it would be cool to go to the island of misfit toys.

3

Jennifer Damiano

I was feeling like a real misfit in middle school, but when I saw 'Wicked,' it made me feel really cool for being different... and you can carve that in stone!

4

Jeremy Davies

What I've been doing with my misfit, so-called acting career in film from day one on my first film, 'Spanking The Monkey', is, I've kind of made a concerted effort to hijack my acting career to turn it into film school, because I've always had the blasphemous idea of becoming a reasonably competent filmmaker in my own right some day.

5

Jeremy Davies

A misfit like me getting anywhere in Hollywood as I somehow have, seemed, certainly at the time of 'Spanking The Monkey,' kind of out of reach, or not a very realistic take.

6

Jenna Fischer

I think that there is a tragic misfit at the core of me, and I've just done a lot of work on myself. I love a good self-help book; I've read a ton of them. I love self-help seminars and therapy and all that.

7

Rhys Ifans

I freely admit that I am a bit of a misfit.

8

Howie Mandel

I was kind of a misfit, actually. When you're young, you want to be like everybody else, and I was like nobody else. I couldn't sit still. I was impulsive. I still am. What is now called a 'talent' did not serve me well as a child. I didn't have friends. I was really an outcast.

9

Alan Rickman

Maverick is a word which appeals to me more than misfit. Maverick is active, misfit is passive.

10

Tracey Ullman

I've always been a misfit.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MISFIT»

Discover the use of misfit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to misfit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Misfit

Seattle sixteen-year-old Jael must negotiate normal life in Catholic school while learning to control the abilities she inherited from her mother, a demon, and protect those she loves from Belial, the Duke of Hell.

Jon Skovron, 2012

Misfit

Using this weekend as a springboard, the novel explores moments throughout Monroe's career when, faced with various opportunities, she altered her persona--from her days as a child, to her marriages with Joe DiMaggio and Arthur Miller, to ...

Adam Braver, 2013

Misfit: a revolutionary life

Don't be put off by the high price, this is worth twice that amount!

Jack White, James Robert White, Jack R. White, 2005

A Misfit's Manifesto: The Sociological Memoir of a Rock & ...

"A Misfit's Manifesto" is about living with the contradictions. This is how she did it, and found God in all the unlikely places--like Ramones songs.

Donna Gaines, 2007

Misfit: Dealing with Our God-Given Discomfort

You’ve decided to follow the most amazing misfit of all time---Jesus. But how can you live the misfit life like he did? Learn how to make world-changing choices, even when they aren’t popular choices.

Chris Durso, 2011

Fit, Unfit Or Misfit?: How to Perform Fitness for Duty ...

This book is the product of a decade of clinical practice, research, and collaboration with a variety of professionals.

Kathleen P. Decker, 2006

Model Misfit (Geek Girl, Book 2)

“My name is Harriet Manners, and I am still a geek.” MODEL MISFIT is the sequel to award-winning No. 1 UK debut GEEK GIRL.

Holly Smale, 2013

Dandelion: The Extraordinary Life of a Misfit

An autobiographical fable about a down-trodden farm horse who overcomes poverty, prejudice and self-doubt to become her 'true self'.

S. M. Mawe, 2004

Misfit: The Strange Life of Frederick Exley

In Misfit, the Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic of The Washington Post portrays in full one of the most tormented, distinctive, and talented writers of the post-war years.

Jonathan Yardley, 2001

The Misfit of the Family: Balzac and the Social Forms of ...

Lucey draws on the thinking of Michel Foucault and Pierre Bourdieu and engages the work of critics of nineteenth-century French fiction, including Naomi Schor, D. A. Miller, Franco Moretti, and others.

Michael Lucey, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MISFIT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term misfit is used in the context of the following news items.

Liverpool misfit Mario Balotelli has bought a gadget to do his …

Mario Balotelli has been accused of many things during his time as a Liverpool player. Throwing his toys out of the pram. Being daft as a brush. «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»

Al Jazira misfit Manuel Lanzini excited for “new era” with West Ham

Al Jazira outcast Manuel Lanzini cannot wait to embrace “a new era” in his career after he inked a one-year loan deal with Premier ... «Sport360°, Jul 15»

Misfit Bolt Review

The Misfit Bolt is one of these new-found smart LED light bulbs, mainly because it's wirelessly connected, enabling owners to choose from an ... «Phone Arena, Jul 15»

Misfit Flash: A Fitness Tracker That Is Also A Remote Control For …

Misfit Flash comes in teal (pictured above) as well as in gray, lemon-lime and fuchsia. This device can be used as a remote control for your ... «CruxialCIO, Jul 15»

Misfit or final piece of jigsaw?

Debate is raging over whether the Belgian is the last piece of the jig-saw or the latest misfit waiting to happen, and you do not need an ... «The Sun Daily, Jul 15»

Should Fitbit Investors Worry About Misfit Trackers?

The Misfit Flash, a basic tracker which comprises a step counting and ... With Misfit having slashed the prices of its trackers, the products are ... «Zacks.com, Jul 15»

Three Peaks Challenge: How well did Apple, Asus, Fitbit, Misfit and …

We had the Apple Watch, the Asus VivoWatch, the Fitbit Charge HR, the Fitbit Surge, the Jawbone UP3, the Misfit Shine, the Sony Smartband ... «Pocket-lint.com, Jul 15»

The Celtics' Island of Misfit Toys

The Boston Celtics made the playoffs a season ago, and quite frankly, that was never supposed to happen. Following the Paul Pierce, Ray ... «Today's Fastbreak, Jul 15»

Misfit Debuts The Flash Link, A $20 Activity Tracker That Also …

For a company like Misfit, which got its start as the maker of an attractive health and fitness monitoring device that women would actually like to ... «TechCrunch, Jul 15»

Misfit Link offers activity tracking and more in a $20 wearable

Misfit's Flash activity tracker was already useful for handling stuff other than tallying your sleep and exercise stats. The wearable could already ... «Engadget, Jul 15»