black sheep
/ˈblæk ˈʃip/ n [C] (black or sheep)Definition
› someone who embarrasses a group or family because the person is different or has gotten into trouble: She had different interests, and we stupidly thought of her as a black sheep.
(Definition of black sheep n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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