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an adjective to be specific, that says about a person (not object/thing) "not fitting in", "not belonging"....but not to mean like an "outcast" which is too strong a word. Please?!

my first attempt was "unbelonging", immediately was flashed red by the application.

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Raen

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,
nonconformist? (adjective and noun)

a misfit? (noun)

Clive

Raen · Answer

Thank you so much Clive. Not trying to be ungrateful, but could you think of other adjectives with a tone that's soft, sentimental, meloncholi-sh? Maybe you'll have a better idea if I show you my sentence. (This is gonna be in my paper, hopefully it won't jeopardize the authenticity of it when it arrives under the professor's infamous red pen.)

"Nothing makes one feels more alone and unbelonging than being amidst a strange and unfamiliar crowd."

Thanks

Raen

p.s.: Prof. P-A, this sentence belongs to me.

BarbaraPA · Answer

excluded?

pariah-like?

out of it?

like you're on the outside looking in?

Khoff · Answer

How about "out of place"?

CalifJim · Answer

alienated, estranged, apart, separate, unconnected, disconnected, isolated, disconsolate, disquieted, forlorn, despondent

I prefer isolated in the given context.

CJ

Raen · Answer

Thanks so much to GG, Khoff and Jim. Wow, I'm given a lot of options, fantastic

There's no other way to express my gratitude but to say "thank you" again. (I'd give each one of you an apple if I could, butvirtually, that's impossible)

Thank you!

Raen

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