misfired (verb)

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• misfire — verb ADVERB ▪ badly (esp. BrE) ▪ Unfortunately their plan misfired badly. Misfire is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑engine …   Collocations dictionary

• misfire — verb the plan had misfired Syn: go wrong, go awry, be unsuccessful, fail, founder, fall through, fall flat; backfire; informal flop, go up in smoke …   Thesaurus of popular words

• misfire — verb (i) /mɪsˈfaɪə / (say mis fuyuh) (misfired, misfiring) 1. (of a gun or projectile, etc.) to fail to fire or explode. 2. (of an internal combustion engine) to fail to fire; to fire at the wrong time. 3. to fail to have a desired effect; be… …  

• misfire — [[t]mɪ̱sfa͟ɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] misfires, misfiring, misfired 1) VERB If a plan misfires, it goes wrong and does not have the results that you intend it to have. Some of their policies had misfired. 2) VERB If an engine misfires, the fuel fails to start… …   English dictionary

• misfire — I. intransitive verb Date: 1752 1. to have the explosive or propulsive charge fail to ignite at the proper time < the engine misfired > 2. to fail to fire < the gun misfired > 3. to miss an intended effect or objective < the new ad campaign… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• mis|fire — «mihs FYR», verb, fired, fir|ing, noun. –v.i. 1. to fail to fire or explode properly: »The pistol misfired. The firings were the first of the Talos since October 15 when the missile s booster misfired shortly after takeoff (Wall Street Journal).… …   Useful english dictionary

• misfire — I UK [mɪsˈfaɪə(r)] / US [mɪsˈfaɪr] verb [intransitive] Word forms misfire : present tense I/you/we/they misfire he/she/it misfires present participle misfiring past tense misfired past participle misfired if a gun misfires, the bullet does not… …   English dictionary

• automata theory — Body of physical and logical principles underlying the operation of any electromechanical device (an automaton) that converts information input in one form into another, or into some action, according to an algorithm. Norbert Wiener and Alan M.… …   Universalium

• misfire — 1. noun /ˈmɪsˌfaɪɹ/ An act of misfiring. 2. verb /ˈmɪsˌfaɪɹ/ a) To fail to discharge properly His practical joke misfired and he nearly burnt my left hand. b) To fail to ignite in the proper sequence …   Wiktionary