plural weirdos
: a person who is extraordinarily strange or eccentric
Examples of weirdo in a Sentence
Noun
one of those weirdos that the rest of the town always seemed to be talking about
Adjective
he saw some weirdo lights in the sky and immediately concluded that it had to be a UFO
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Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Hoult has leading-man-handsome qualities, but he’s spent most of his career playing weirdos (The Order, Mad Max: Fury Road) and losers (The Menu, Juror #2) or some combination of the two (Superman).
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 3 July 2025
Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 21 June 2025
There’s still room for weirdo teams like the 2011 Cardinals or 2021 Braves to make unlikely title bids, of course.
—Neil Paine, New York Times, 17 June 2025
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Noun
Thomas Crooks, the 20-year-old weirdo who somehow managed to crawl onto that roof and get a clean line of sight to the biggest target in the world, left virtually no trace.
—Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Hoult has leading-man-handsome qualities, but he’s spent most of his career playing weirdos (The Order, Mad Max: Fury Road) and losers (The Menu, Juror #2) or some combination of the two (Superman).
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 3 July 2025
Adjective
His wife is played by the one and only Franklin, who also has to deal with the Blues Brothers' weirdo order.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 21 June 2025
There’s still room for weirdo teams like the 2011 Cardinals or 2021 Braves to make unlikely title bids, of course.
—Neil Paine, New York Times, 17 June 2025
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“Weirdo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weirdo. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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