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oddballs

NOUN

person who is very different

Synonyms

WEAK

case character duck eccentric fish out of water maverick misfit odd bird original rara avis screwball weirdo

Antonyms

WEAK

conservative normal

Example Sentences

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“Joey” was something different, and also more usual, a gathering of oddballs around a main character on a set that found them all a place to sit.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025

As directed by James Griffiths, Mr. Basden and Mr. Key’s screenplay hearkened back to “Local Hero” with its warm glow of appreciation for U.K. oddballs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

Others are just attention-grabbing oddballs, like Golden Curls, a corkscrew willow with twisted yellow stems.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2024

Compared to the familiar moons of our Solar System, they would all be oddballs: at least twice the size of Ganymede, the largest moon in the Solar System and therefore almost as big as Earth.

From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2023

A few oddballs from the Political Science department wore black armbands.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt