Synonyms of misfired

misfired

verb

past tense of misfire

as in failed

to go wrong

their scheme to rob the bank misfired disastrously and landed them all in jail

Synonyms & Similar Words

• failed
• stalled
• miscarried
• fell short
• missed
• flopped
• came to grief
• fell flat
• died
• crashed
• struggled
• fizzled
• foundered
• folded
• floundered
• flunked
• came a cropper
• skidded
• bombed
• slumped
• slipped
• busted
• tanked
• waned
• washed out
• declined
• flamed out
• broke down
• conked (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• succeeded
• prevailed
• flourished
• prospered
• thrived

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of misfired

The Huskers failed to convert a fourth-and-4 in that spot as Colandrea misfired on a low-percentage deep throw. — Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Burrow completed three straight passes and moved Cincinnati to the Jaguars 21, but then misfired on three straight passes. — ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026

Elsewhere on the weekend’s box office leaderboards, the independent Christian outfit Angel Studios misfired with Runner, a thriller starring Alan Ritchson as a former soldier racing to save a child’s life as a drug cartel closes in. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Sep. 2026

In every one of those three games, Young has misfired for two interceptions and thrown for somewhere between 146 and 161 yards as Carolina scored exactly 10 points. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2026

Court records show the teen tried to shoot Spencer with a rifle, but the gun misfired. — Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 25 June 2026

Brunson rose for a deep three-pointer that misfired, but Anunoby weaved through traffic and tipped the ball in for a one-point lead to secure the win. — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026

The rocket’s upper stage was supposed to fire its engines two times to inject AST’s satellite into the proper orbit, but the stage misfired on the second burn, stranding the payload in a lower-than-planned orbit. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 28 May 2026

Overall the Lakers committed 21 more turnovers, giving up 26 points off the mistakes while paying dearly for every errant dribble or misfired pass against the swarming Thunder defenders. — Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026