MISFIT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of misfit in English

(Definition of misfit from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of misfit from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of misfit

misfit
Heuvel stresses he was a misfit, opposing the dominant trend and then, when what he advocated acquired power, turning against it as it became corrupt.
For example, it is possible to develop criteria ' profiles ' for each individual, thereby identifying various types of person misfit and subjects with unusual endorsement patterns.
A misfit of identity and issue is possible if the interest group lacks control over its agenda.
In each case, theory and observation are in good agreement, with little residual misfit.
However, relying solely on a single valued misfit statistic to reject models should be done with care.
We note that the solution of the continuum model is used in the discrete approximation (6) of the misfit energy.
In other words, there was a misfit between identity and the issue.
In the 1980s and 1990s, replacement remains the most common path of exit for partisan misfits, but the overall proportion declined.
Global data-model misfit is typically assessed with single valued discrepancy indexes.
For the first choice the atomic misfit is caused by the solvent.
These criteria showed poorer discrimination, greater misfit and, in general, were less useful than the other criteria in defining a coherent dimension of liability.
The lattice misfit is modeled as producing a pressure that is - on the interface between core and shell and 0 on the outer edge of the shell.
Xerostomia, depending on the severity and duration leads to dental caries, denture misfit, gingivitis and periodontitis, and inadequate mastication, leading t o poor bolus formation affecting swallowing.
We are predominantly interested in how exterior stresses, an elastic misfit, crystal lattice orientations and structural defects such as dislocations affect the velocity of grain boundaries.
In addition to minimizing the misfit between the observed and contoured data the curvature of the contoured surface was also minimized to reduce the appearance of artefacts in the contours.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
 

Translations of misfit

in Chinese (Traditional)
不適應環境的人, 不為別人接受的人…
in Chinese (Simplified)
不适应环境的人, 不为别人接受的人…
in Spanish
inadaptado social, inadaptada social, inadaptado…
in Portuguese
desajustado, desajustada…
in more languages
in Turkish
in French
in Dutch
in Czech
in Danish
in Indonesian
in Thai
in Vietnamese
in Polish
in Swedish
in Malay
in German
in Norwegian
in Ukrainian
in Russian
sıradışı/uyumsuz/uygunsuz kişi, uyumsuz…
inadapté/-ée, asocial/-le…
onaangepaste…
problémová osobnost…
udskud…
orang kikuk, orang canggung…
ผู้ที่ปรับตัวให้เข้ากับสิ่งแวดล้อมไม่ได้…
quần áo không vừa…
odmieniec, człowiek nieprzystosowany…
missanpassad [person]…
orang yang kekok…
der Eigenbrötler…
mislykket person…
людина, погано пристосована до оточення…
изгой…
Need a translator?

Get a quick, free translation!

 

Word of the Day

frostbite

UK
/ˈfrɒst.baɪt/
US
/ˈfrɑːst.baɪt/

injury to someone caused by severe cold, usually to their toes, fingers, ears, or nose, that causes permanent loss of tissue

About this

New Words

More new words
has been added to list
Follow us
Choose a dictionary
  • Recent and Recommended
  • Definitions
    Clear explanations of natural written and spoken English
    English Learner’s Dictionary Essential British English Essential American English
  • Grammar and thesaurus
    Usage explanations of natural written and spoken English
    Grammar Thesaurus
  • Pronunciation
    British and American pronunciations with audio
    English Pronunciation
  • Translation
    Click on the arrows to change the translation direction.
    Bilingual Dictionaries
    • English–Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Simplified)–English
    • English–Chinese (Traditional) Chinese (Traditional)–English
    • English–Dutch Dutch–English
    • English–French French–English
    • English–German German–English
    • English–Indonesian Indonesian–English
    • English–Italian Italian–English
    • English–Japanese Japanese–English
    • English–Norwegian Norwegian–English
    • English–Polish Polish–English
    • English–Portuguese Portuguese–English
    • English–Spanish Spanish–English
    • English–Swedish Swedish–English
    Semi-bilingual Dictionaries
    English–Arabic English–Bengali English–Catalan English–Czech English–Danish English–Gujarati English–Hindi English–Korean English–Malay English–Marathi English–Russian English–Tamil English–Telugu English–Thai English–Turkish English–Ukrainian English–Urdu English–Vietnamese
  • Dictionary +Plus
    Word Lists
My word lists

To add misfit to a word list please sign up or log in.

Sign up or Log in
My word lists

Add misfit to one of your lists below, or create a new one.

More
Go to your word lists
Tell us about this example sentence: