plural oddities
1
: an odd person, thing, event, or trait
2
: the quality or state of being odd
Synonyms
Examples of oddity in a Sentence
Her shyness makes her a bit of an oddity in the business world.
The zoo has such oddities as anteaters and platypuses.
Recent Examples on the Web
That finding strengthened the view of many virologists that incomplete viruses were defective oddities, lacking the genes needed to replicate.
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Quanta Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
The dual calendars have also resulted in some unintended oddities, including multiple birthdays, Krebs said.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
But even more intriguing were the strange oddities that collectors have tenderly preserved.
—Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Apr. 2024
On its face, the reëlection of Vladimir Putin as Russia’s President seems a superfluous oddity, a ritual devoid of substance.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2024
There were oddities about the find, such as a general lack of visible bones, including the skull bones, despite the fact that the body didn’t appear completely flat.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 Feb. 2024
Orbital oddity That brings us to the new paper, which was written by a small team of European scientists who focused on a different aspect of Mimas' orbital mechanics, again using data from Cassini.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2024
But at the same time, because she was seen as a little bit more of an oddity, people were a little bit less in her face.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
Early on, Mullen’s quest was treated as a long shot, even something of an oddity — a sincere obsession that would harmlessly go nowhere.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2024
Quanta Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
The dual calendars have also resulted in some unintended oddities, including multiple birthdays, Krebs said.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
But even more intriguing were the strange oddities that collectors have tenderly preserved.
—Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Apr. 2024
On its face, the reëlection of Vladimir Putin as Russia’s President seems a superfluous oddity, a ritual devoid of substance.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2024
There were oddities about the find, such as a general lack of visible bones, including the skull bones, despite the fact that the body didn’t appear completely flat.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 Feb. 2024
Orbital oddity That brings us to the new paper, which was written by a small team of European scientists who focused on a different aspect of Mimas' orbital mechanics, again using data from Cassini.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2024
But at the same time, because she was seen as a little bit more of an oddity, people were a little bit less in her face.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
Early on, Mullen’s quest was treated as a long shot, even something of an oddity — a sincere obsession that would harmlessly go nowhere.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2024
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“Oddity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oddity. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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oddity
noun
odd·i·ty
ˈäd-ət-ē 
plural oddities
1
: something odd
2
: the quality or state of being odd
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