Usually means: Mismatched, unfitting in a situation.
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  1. a square peg in a round hole: Merriam-Webster
  2. a square peg in a round hole: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. a square peg in a round hole: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  4. a square peg in a round hole: Merriam-Webster



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