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outcasts

noun

plural of outcast

as in pariahs

one who is cast out or rejected by society the professor is something of an outcast in the halls of academe now that his former support of a dictatorial regime has become public

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Recent Examples of outcasts As Davud is drawn back into addiction, Shams grows increasingly isolated among the building’s workers, veterans and outcasts. — Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026 But the island was also a haven for outcasts and pirates and merchants, from across Europe and the Levant and beyond, who came to the Caribbean to seek their fortunes or to help grow the fortunes of others. — Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026 Following a group of outcasts who find themselves in their high school’s glee club singing and dancing every week, the series followed a story that worked week after week, and propelled its stars to worldwide fame. — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 25 July 2026 Considered the lowest of South Asia's hierarchical caste system, Dalits were once known as outcasts and many are still treated that way. — Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 20 July 2026 The Ramones stood on stage not as rock gods or unattainable heroes, but as oddballs, misfits, and fellow outcasts in torn jeans. — Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026 The musical is also narrated by Damian and Janis, the school outcasts who Cady befriends on her first day. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2026 Sam has teamed up with a pair of sibling vampire hunters known as the Frog Brothers (Miguel Gil and Jennifer Duka), and together these outcasts band together to take on the bad guys. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026 His interest in Tess appears to be setting up a future alliance of disgruntled outcasts. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2026

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Noun

Not everyone treated the couple as pariahs, though.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
These factors have turned the Ellisons into Murdoch-like pariahs among many Democrats, and have brought together a somewhat ideologically diverse antitrust coalition, ranging from the more centrist wing of the Democratic Party to the progressive left.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 6 Mar. 2026

Definition of pariahs

Noun

Remember, the Lord Jesus did not fear lepers, and leprosy was (and continues to be) a highly contagious infectious disease.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
The town serves as the backdrop for what many surrounding the production consider the creative high point of the season — an episode 5 spaghetti western side mission that involves lepers, eye-gauging vultures, and a train pulled by zombies.

— Dalton Ross, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025

Definition of lepers

Noun

Gilligan’s Island, American television sitcom about a group of castaways on a desert island and the chaos that ensues as their attempts at rescue are constantly thwarted.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026
Supporters of the theory believe that Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan became stranded on the remote island after failing to reach Howland Island — possibly dying as castaways.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of castaways

Noun

Pure catharsis that exiles can dedicate in the name of those silenced on the island.

— Sarah Moreno August 7, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026
In his brutal eight-year reign, Amin was estimated by exiles and human rights groups to have caused the deaths of at least 300,000 people and expelled the country’s Asian population.

— Andrew Fifield, New York Times, 30 July 2026

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