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Misfire

ˌmɪsˈfʌɪə

Misfire definitions

verb

Inflections:

misfire misfired misfires misfiring

(of a gun or missile) fail to discharge or fire properly

"as she raised her pistol again, it misfired"
- (of an internal combustion engine) undergo failure of the fuel to ignite correctly or at all
  
  "the car would misfire occasionally from the cold"
- (of a nerve cell) fail to transmit an electrical impulse at an appropriate moment
  
  "as these nerves misfire and die, the muscles begin to shrink"
(especially of a plan) fail to produce the intended result

"he didn't know that his plan had misfired"

Synonyms:
go wrong go awry go amiss be unsuccessful fail abort be abortive founder come to nothing come to grief meet with disaster fall through be ruined fall flat

noun

Inflections:

misfire misfires

a failure of a gun or missile to fire correctly

"the weapons are to be replaced because of problems with misfires"
- a failure of fuel to ignite correctly in an internal combustion engine
  
  "he drove into the pits to have a misfire cured"