People or things that don't belong or don't seem to match well with others in a group; people who don't fit into normal society.
Compound of 'mis-' (badly, wrongly) plus 'fit,' originally a technical term in tailoring (clothes that don't fit), extended to people who don't fit social expectations by the 1800s.
Misfits started as a fashion problem—clothes that didn't fit your body—then became a metaphor for people who couldn't squeeze into society's molds, which is why it feels so human and sympathetic!
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