as in failed
to go wrong
their scheme to rob the bank misfired disastrously and landed them all in jail
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Recent Examples of misfired
Prescott misfired to wideout George Pickens with Moss in coverage at the Dallas 44.
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Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2025
San Jose State missed two scoring opportunities when kicker Mathias Brown missed a 53-yard field goal, and then misfired on a 47-yard field goal attempt on the following drive.
—Aaron Johnson, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
While it was later discovered that the explosion was caused by a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket that misfired, MSF neither corrected nor deleted its condemnation, which is still available on X but has a community note.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
The move to play safety Sanders at quarterback misfired in a 27-14 defeat.
—Peter Carline, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Historically, Ohtani has misfired with the bat at Philadelphia – going into the game, none of his 250 career homers have come there.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Center Garrett Bradbury allowed his first pressure of the season on the final drive, the play where Maye misfired over the short middle for Douglas.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
Sabalenka closed it out on her serve when the big-hitting Anisimova also misfired on her forehand.
—Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Ten minutes later, Suarez delivered another assist on a silver platter to Allende, who was one on one with Sounders goalkeeper Andrew Thomas, but misfired and his shot sailed right.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2025
San Jose State missed two scoring opportunities when kicker Mathias Brown missed a 53-yard field goal, and then misfired on a 47-yard field goal attempt on the following drive.
—Aaron Johnson, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
While it was later discovered that the explosion was caused by a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket that misfired, MSF neither corrected nor deleted its condemnation, which is still available on X but has a community note.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
The move to play safety Sanders at quarterback misfired in a 27-14 defeat.
—Peter Carline, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Historically, Ohtani has misfired with the bat at Philadelphia – going into the game, none of his 250 career homers have come there.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Center Garrett Bradbury allowed his first pressure of the season on the final drive, the play where Maye misfired over the short middle for Douglas.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
Sabalenka closed it out on her serve when the big-hitting Anisimova also misfired on her forehand.
—Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Ten minutes later, Suarez delivered another assist on a silver platter to Allende, who was one on one with Sounders goalkeeper Andrew Thomas, but misfired and his shot sailed right.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misfired
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The shutdown began after Democrats and Republicans failed to agree on a government funding bill.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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If the main goal was to drive African Americans away, the laws failed.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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China’s ambitious plan to build the Circular Electron Positron Collider (CEPC), a multibillion-dollar project aimed at creating the world’s largest particle collider, is likely to be officially stalled after it was not included in the country’s next five-year plan.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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The Blue Raiders used 17 plays and over eight minutes off the clock, taking the second half kickoff from its own 20 to the Trinity nine-yard line, where the drive stalled.—
Mike Waters,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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There were initial claims that the 15-year-old girl miscarried, police told WSYX, but it was later revealed the baby was born alive and died for unknown reasons.—
Mike Stunson,
Kansas City Star,
5 Nov. 2025
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Soon afterward Joan miscarried for the third time—in her fourth month of pregnancy.—
Gail Jennes,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Misfired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misfired. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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