as in to fail
to go wrong
their scheme to rob the bank misfired disastrously and landed them all in jail
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Recent Examples of misfire
Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
White misfired on his first four shots, but Pritchard was highly involved early, scoring or assisting on six of the Celtics’ first seven made baskets.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2025
Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
In a career so perfectly executed, where does a misfire like this come from?
—Bianca Davino, Refinery29, 7 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Others misfired when momentum reversed, financing dried up or leverage cut the wrong way.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
White misfired on his first four shots, but Pritchard was highly involved early, scoring or assisting on six of the Celtics’ first seven made baskets.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2025
Noun
Those protocols, the officer added, required firing to be suspended until the root cause of the apparent misfire is determined.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
In a career so perfectly executed, where does a misfire like this come from?
—Bianca Davino, Refinery29, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misfire
Verb
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If the settlement failed to cover the amount owed, some funders went after the women for the remainder.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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Owner Mark Davis has failed for years to find answers, and this time around, Tom Brady appears to be taking control of the rebuild.—
J.J. Bailey,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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When Russian aircraft carrier bombs thwart their plans to seek a more undisturbed area, Russian soldiers start to seek out their bunker.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
6 Jan. 2026
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Rather, many Iranians instead blamed the leadership for either provoking the conflict or failing to meaningfully defend the country from Israeli – or American – bombs.—
Kamran Talattof,
The Conversation,
6 Jan. 2026
Verb
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In California, Angie Rodriguez, an asylum seeker held in the Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center in Bakersfield, miscarried in July.—
Tribune News Service,
Boston Herald,
10 Dec. 2025
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So his wife miscarried five more times before Nile and died of ovarian cancer.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
13 Nov. 2025
Noun
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But thanks to some small wardrobe issues and then some bigger mic issues — and the biggest issue of it just not entirely connecting — the song was a flop.—
Samantha Highfill,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Jan. 2026
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Mirren played Harrison Ford's wife in the film, which was a commercial flop.—
Diane J. Cho,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Ellison’s office had expressed concern that in future cases, companies could use litigation to stall for time and likewise run out the clock.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
7 Jan. 2026
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An effort to set that up stalled in the California legislature last year, but there's a growing pressure to revive something like it.—
Kirk Siegler,
NPR,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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How messy could this negotiation get with his agent, David Mulugheta, who also represented Micah Parsons in that fiasco last offseason?—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Jan. 2026
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Then came the shocking fiasco in New Orleans, a 40-22 loss to the Eagles.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
1 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Patients’ failure to take their medicine as prescribed is a major challenge that contributes to hundreds of thousands of preventable deaths and billions of dollars in health care costs annually.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
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Continue reading … SKIDDING TO SAFETY – All plane tires burst on Boeing 767 during harrowing landing failure.—
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FOXNews.com,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The route is washboarded and deeply rutted in several long stretches, as well as prone to washouts.—
Taryn Shorr-Mckee,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Dec. 2025
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When unusually heavy rainfall rendered that year a washout on the farming front, Sue got a job at Beth’s Farm Kitchen, a prominent jam and chutney maker nearby.—
Alexandra Kirkman,
Fortune,
17 Dec. 2025
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“Misfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misfire. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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