misfire
Example Sentences
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In some cases the monitors that measure sewage spills can misfire but if the regulator does find these incidents occurred it will take enforcement action, it said.
From BBC
Early on, a photograph of a U-shaped smoke trail circulated on social media along with the now-debunked claim that an Iranian missile misfired and hit the school.
And hence misfired plays like this one, in which collaboration among gifted artists results only in a work of logorrheic banality.
Howe's decision to make Gordon the focal point of his attack instead of the misfiring Nick Woltemade paid off after just three minutes.
From Barron's
For each of those successes, there are several messy misfires: The wan camp of “The Politician.”
From Salon
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