Misfire

/ˈmɪs.faɪ(ɹ)/

Synonyms for "misfire" (67 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (14)

abortabortionabortive attemptblow upcome a croppercome to nothingdud
Verb(1 words)

Strong matches (20)

Verb(2 words)
explodefailfail miserablyfailurefall throughfizz outfizzlefizzle outflash in the panflopget nowhere

Related words (33)

go amissgo astraygo phutgo up in smokego wronghang upmerry chasemiscarriagemiscarrymiscarryingmissmiss outmiss staysmiss the boatmiss the markpoop outvain attemptwet squibwild goose chasewild-goose chase
Adverb(1 words)
Verb(1 words)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

15 entries
breakbreak downbreakdownconk outdieequipment failurefailfailurefaultgive outgive waygogo badmalfunctionsetback

More specific

7 entries
dudengine misfireflopplan misfireproject misfiresetbackspark plug misfire

Collocations

9 entries
engine misfiregun misfiremechanical misfiremisfire probabilitymisfire ratemisfire riskplan misfireproject misfirespark plug misfire

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Amazon’s misfires with Alexa may have led Google astray, said a former manager who worked on Google Assistant.

Source: wiktionary

His practical joke misfired and he nearly burnt my left hand.

Source: wiktionary

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