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misfit
misfit /ˈmɪsˌfɪt/ noun [countable]
 Word Family: noun: fit, fitting, fitness, fitter, misfit; adjective: fitted, fitting, fitunfit; verb: fit; adverb: fittingly
someone who does not seem to belong in a particular group of people, and who is not accepted by that group, because they are very different from the other group members
   SYN  outsider:
    I was very conscious of being a misfit at school.
    a social misfit