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
Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 23 Jan. 2025
Overseas, the movie misfired with $2 million from 47 territories for a global launch of $10 million.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 13 Apr. 2025
Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
That original movie was something of a misfire at the time of its release, made for $100 million and only making $121.2M worldwide.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
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Verb
The purpose of the pardon is to allow for a fudge when the legal system has misfired or overshot the mark.
—Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 23 Jan. 2025
Overseas, the movie misfired with $2 million from 47 territories for a global launch of $10 million.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
Yahoo's Buffett-Tesla gag follows a long line of corporate April 1 misfires.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
That original movie was something of a misfire at the time of its release, made for $100 million and only making $121.2M worldwide.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misfire
Verb
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Dix’s conclusion is easily seen in the lives of famous entrepreneurs who failed at various times in their lives.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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Andrews failed to secure a short pass from Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson on a two-point conversion attempt late in the fourth quarter.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The media personality and entrepreneur wore a butter yellow latex dress with a body-con silhouette and a low-cut neckline, paired with summer-ready flip flops.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
12 Apr. 2025
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White House advisors claimed the flip flop was always the strategy, suggesting that the past week of massive tariffs that triggered huge market losses was all for show.—
Dan Mangan,Kevin Breuninger,Jeff Cox,Christina Wilkie,Erin Doherty,Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Among them, Frank said, were hundreds of women who had developed fertility issues, had miscarried, or had children with defects.—
Maddy Crowell,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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On an episode of the podcast Second Wind, the former Bachelor, 44, spoke about discovering that his wife had miscarried for the first time.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The emergency was the latest in a years-long series of fiascoes within L.A. County’s juvenile halls — all of which have unfolded under the watchful eye of the California attorney general’s office.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2025
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After much discussion of specific supply chain fiascos and real-world defenses, the panel concluded that AI technology is now part of the software supply chain, no different from the popular open-source libraries that, according to one panelist, make up 90% of most programs.—
Neil J. Rubenking,
PC Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Talks to end the war — which Trump previously promised to do within 24 hours of taking office — have largely stalled, despite several top level meetings and at least two direct phone calls between Trump and the Russian President Vladimir Putin.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
2 May 2025
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After enjoying years of rapid growth, the company's progress has stalled, with U.S. same-store sales slipping 2% last year.—
Alain Sherter,
CBS News,
1 May 2025
Noun
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One of the co-founders of ICAN, Wright adds that Pope Francis’ role as a virtual patron saint of the movement to ban nuclear bombs should be recognized into the future with a special kind of homage.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Led by Bruce Willis, Armageddon follows the story of NASA enlisting a group of oil drillers to fly into space, land on a massive asteroid that’s hurtling towards Earth, drill into the rock and insert a nuclear bomb to destroy it.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Most of those interviews are duds, so good on him for having a sense of humor and rolling with it.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Most of those interviews are duds, so good on him for having a sense of humor and rolling with it. — Olivia Harlan Dekker (@OliviaDekker) April 15, 2025 This story was originally published April 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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With the three-day washout in stocks continuing Monday, traders were still expecting the central bank to wait until June before its next interest rate cut.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2025
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Cinema Saviours After years of the washout of the Covid years, the appearance of Oppenheimer and Barbie, appearing in cinemas at the same time gave us the much talked about ‘Barbenheimer’ phenomenon, with many people choosing to see both films on the same day.—
Benny Har-Even,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Misfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misfire. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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