as in failing
to go wrong
their scheme to rob the bank misfired disastrously and landed them all in jail
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Recent Examples of misfiring
Manchester United The disappointment of 2024-25 was somewhat rectified by a summer spent remodelling a misfiring attack.
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Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
The Celtics fell into an early 11-4 hole while misfiring on seven of their first nine shots.
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Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
1 May 2026
Omega-3 fatty acids work by preventing the inflammatory response from misfiring, per Koff.
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Kirsten Nunez,
Martha Stewart,
5 Apr. 2026
While Heinrich ponders the misfiring neurons in the brain of a mass shooter, Jack’s pursuit of Mink—a character whose skin color and ambiguous ethnicity Jack remarks on repeatedly—leads him directly into the urban teeth of the War on Drugs.
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Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
Medication can help but the main treatment is ablation, when doctors thread catheters to the heart to burn misfiring tissue.
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ABC News,
1 Apr. 2026
Then came the shot the crowd had been waiting for as the Pioneer had been misfiring all night from 3-point land.
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Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
15 Mar. 2026
Given Young’s music centers around modern, misfiring romance, the statement was unexpected.
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Ramon Ramirez,
Austin American Statesman,
13 Mar. 2026
Initially, speculation swirled online that the blast at the school could have been caused by misfiring Iranian air defenses, as the IRGC tried to repel incoming air strikes.
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Gianluca Mezzofiore,
CNN Money,
9 Mar. 2026
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
The Celtics fell into an early 11-4 hole while misfiring on seven of their first nine shots.
—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
1 May 2026
Omega-3 fatty acids work by preventing the inflammatory response from misfiring, per Koff.
—
Kirsten Nunez,
Martha Stewart,
5 Apr. 2026
While Heinrich ponders the misfiring neurons in the brain of a mass shooter, Jack’s pursuit of Mink—a character whose skin color and ambiguous ethnicity Jack remarks on repeatedly—leads him directly into the urban teeth of the War on Drugs.
—
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
Medication can help but the main treatment is ablation, when doctors thread catheters to the heart to burn misfiring tissue.
—
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2026
Then came the shot the crowd had been waiting for as the Pioneer had been misfiring all night from 3-point land.
—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
15 Mar. 2026
Given Young’s music centers around modern, misfiring romance, the statement was unexpected.
—
Ramon Ramirez,
Austin American Statesman,
13 Mar. 2026
Initially, speculation swirled online that the blast at the school could have been caused by misfiring Iranian air defenses, as the IRGC tried to repel incoming air strikes.
—
Gianluca Mezzofiore,
CNN Money,
9 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misfiring
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The Athletics beat the Dodgers 7-1 on Wednesday night, giving the West Sacramento team its only win of the series with the Dodgers, winners of the past two World Series, failing to secure a three-game sweep.
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Such a bond occurs when a judge grants a compassionate release for inmates who are in failing health and no longer a threat to the community.
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Russia’s war in Ukraine is stalling — on the battlefield and in the corridors of diplomacy.
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The consumer pitch is the loud one, but Herbert thinks the bigger market is enterprise, where the same problem is stalling AI rollouts.
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In the early days, the page teemed with posts sharing objects found, along with heartfelt and, at times, gut-wrenching pleas for missing personal items.
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Buxton rejoined the Twins on Saturday after missing the team’s previous four games with a right hip impingement.
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“Misfiring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misfiring. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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