misfit

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: mis=fit

CIDE DICTIONARY

misfit, n. 

•  The act or the state of fitting badly; as, a misfit in making a coat; a ludicrous misfit.  [1913 Webster]
•  Something that fits badly, as a garment.  [1913 Webster]

  "I saw an uneasy change in Mr. Micawber, which sat tightly on him, as if his new duties were a misfit."  [1913 Webster]
•  A person who does not fit in comfortably with the surrounding situation or society; one who cannot conform or adjust to the circumstances in which he lives.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

misfit, n.
1 a person unsuited to a particular kind of environment, occupation, etc.
2 a garment etc. that does not fit.

Idiom

misfit stream Geog. a stream not corresponding in size to its valley.

THESAURUS

misfit

Bohemian, anomaly, beatnik, black sheep, blemish, crosspatch, deviant, dissenter, dropout, eccentric, flower child, foreign body, foreign intruder, freak, heretic, hippie, impurity, individual, individualist, inner-directed person, intruder, maverick, monkey wrench, mote, naysayer, nonconformist, nonjuror, oddball, original, sectarian, sectary, sliver, speck, splinter, sport, stone, swinger, ugly duckling, unconformist, weed, yippie