MISFIRE

miss, misfire

(noun) a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)

misfire, dud

(noun) an explosion that fails to occur

misfire

(verb) fail to fire or detonate; “The guns misfired”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

misfire (plural misfires)

An act of misfiring.

Verb

misfire (third-person singular simple present misfires, present participle misfiring, simple past and past participle misfired)

(firearm) To fail to discharge properly.

(of an engine) To fail to ignite in the proper sequence.

(by extension) To fail to achieve the anticipated result.

Source: Wiktionary

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