Definitions for outliers

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outliers out·li·er

Spelling: [out-lahy-er]

IPA: /ˈaʊtˌlaɪ ər/

Outliers is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 448 anagrams from letters in outliers (eilorstu).

Definitions for outliers

noun

1. something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
2. someone who stands apart from others of his or her group, as by differing behavior, beliefs, or religious practices: Synonyms: nonconformist, maverick; original, eccentric, bohemian; dissident, dissenter, iconoclast, heretic; outsider.
3. Statistics. an observation that is well outside of the expected range of values in a study or experiment, and which is often discarded from the data set: a person whose abilities, achievements, etc., lie outside the range of statistical probability.
4. Geology. a part of a formation left detached through the removal of surrounding parts by erosion. Compare inlier.
5. Obsolete. a person residing outside the place of his or her business, duty, etc.

Origin of outliers

First recorded in 1600-10; out- + lier

Examples for outliers

There are outliers of the stock as far south as the southern parts of Oregon.

Insiders and outliers and nearly everyone else is abuzz:  Can Fallon handle the job?

But the new province, like its new mother—or step-mother—country, had also its outliers of territory and people.

Just opposite, there are buttes, outliers of cliffs to the left.

Americans are the outliers in their skepticism for wines that come in boxes.

I strongly recommend your purchasing these outliers in large quantities.

Westward are the outliers of the Vilcapampa range; on the east are the smaller ranges that front the tropical lowlands.

And no issue should be defined by its outliers because it paints a false picture.

Surveys were assessed for outliers and inconsistencies and messy data was reconciled by contacting individual schools.

Celebrity participants like Zachary Levi—who devotes substantial time to discussing ALS—are outliers.