"The phrase 'relative outsider' means someone who is not completely excluded, but is not fully accepted or considered as part of a specific group or community." Full definition
Un Certain Regard is, as it should be, home to a field of relative outsiders, most of whom are comparatively unknown to the film establishment. (fourthreefilm.com)
Nixon is a relative outsider and, as we've seen on the national level, sometimes that doesn't hurt. (edition.cnn.com)
That she's a relative outsider in her own community — partly because she makes no attempt to fit into the rigorous role her somewhat wealthy family wants her to embody — makes her character even more of an interesting character exploration in Michael Pearce's new film Beast. (dallasfilmnow.com)