Amazon’s misfires with Alexa may have led Google astray, said a former manager who worked on Google Assistant.
Source: wiktionary
Misfire
//ˈmɪs.faɪ(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "misfire" (40 found)
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5 entriesTranslations
18 translations across 11 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- ilişdirmək verb (To fail to discharge properly)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 失火 verb (To fail to ignite in the proper sequence)
Czech
1 entries- střílet verb (To fail to ignite in the proper sequence)
French
2 entries- caler verb (To fail to ignite in the proper sequence)
- s'enrayer verb (To fail to discharge properly)
German
3 entries- Fehlzündung noun (An act of misfiring)
- fehlschlagen verb (To fail to achieve the anticipated result)
- fehlzünden verb (To fail to ignite in the proper sequence)
Greek
1 entries- αστοχώ verb (To fail to discharge properly)
Irish
2 entries- loiceadh noun (An act of misfiring)
- loic verb (To fail to discharge properly)
Italian
1 entries- incepparsi verb (To fail to discharge properly)
Russian
2 entries- осе́чка noun (An act of misfiring)
- осечься verb (To fail to discharge properly)
Spanish
2 entries- encendido defectuoso verb (To fail to ignite in the proper sequence)
- fallo de encendido verb (To fail to ignite in the proper sequence)
Swedish
2 entries- feltändning verb (To fail to ignite in the proper sequence)
- snedtändning verb (To fail to ignite in the proper sequence)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
His practical joke misfired and he nearly burnt my left hand.
Source: wiktionary
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