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 • Mar. 26, 2026

These studies weren’t necessarily wrong, but I suspect they were snapshots in time that might have lured some into concluding the entire effort was destined to misfire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

Discovery three years ago was a misfire that eroded the value of some of the industry’s most premium brands.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2025

Those are a little harder in general to misfire or mess up with.

From Salon • Aug. 4, 2024

Anyone who knows anything about firearms will tell you that a 9mm handgun cannot misfire in the way that gun did.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah