oddball
a person or thing that is atypical, bizarre, eccentric, or nonconforming, especially one having beliefs that are unusual but harmless.
whimsically free-spirited; eccentric; atypical: an oddball scheme.
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How to use oddball in a sentence
If you’re unconvinced, or you want to take a shot on some oddball supplement that you think might actually work, we here at PopSci at least want you to be safe doing it.
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Focusing on Asian giant hornets distorts the view of invasive species | Susan Milius | July 1, 2021 | Science NewsLook, 2020 was an oddball season in Phoenix, missing Brittney Griner for most of it, but the Mercury finished last in the league on the boards, so whoever they get once they finally pick at 32 probably should address that shortcoming.
Machado’s unusually long tenure at Burger King allowed him to become a champion of zany, oddball marketing.
Marketing Briefing: How Fernando Machado’s long tenure at Burger King ‘absolutely broke the trend’ | Kristina Monllos | April 6, 2021 | DigidayAustin Abrams and Midori Francis play the title characters, two oddball old souls who flirt from afar after he finds a notebook she left behind at a bookstore and strikes up a correspondence.
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And with a multi-facetted oddball like John Lurie, most deservedly so.
The Gods of Punk Are Back in New York City | Anthony Haden-Guest | September 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLast year, Chappelle spent an evening on the oddball Comedy Tour in Hartford, Conn., being heckled and booed off stage.
Dave Chappelle’s Triumphant Return to New York City | Alex Suskind | June 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe exception was this oddball panel entitled, “Risking it All: Why Championship Athletes Dope and What it Means for Sport.”
Maybe We Should Just Legalize Steroids for Pro Athletes | Robert Silverman | March 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThese oddball questions will have you pondering life, luck, and pizza delivery men.
Can You Answer These 10 Oddball Job Interview Questions Asked at America’s Top Tech Companies? | Brian Ries | January 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBefore that it was just there—but it always had that oddball character.
Why Did Llewyn Davis’s Greenwich Village Disappear? | Andrew Romano | December 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSomewhere up in the house is this oddball Maxwell who hides out all the time.
The Fourth R | George Oliver SmithHis father, Vanneman Porter, had been an oddball in his own way, too.
By Proxy | Gordon Randall Garrett
British Dictionary definitions for oddball
/ (ˈɒdˌbɔːl) informal /
Also called: odd bod, odd fish a strange or eccentric person
strange or peculiar
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