misfire
Example Sentences
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Blue Origin has been looking to move past that misfire and begin launching satellites for Amazon.com.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 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
A late misfire out of touch cost them - Gael Fickou sealed it soon after - but that was a scary experience for France.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2025
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
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: mis-
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