āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
misfire
/mËÉĒsfaâÉĒâÉ/
to misfire
01
āĻŦā§āϝāϰā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϞāĻžāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāϰā§āĻĨ
to fail to shoot a bullet
02
āĻŦā§āϝāϰā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻĢāϞāĻžāĻĢāϞ āĻ āϰā§āĻāύ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāϰā§āĻĨ
(of a plan) to fail to have the intended result
Transitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Their plan to boost sales by offering discounts misfired, resulting in lower profits.
āĻĄāĻŋāϏāĻāĻžāĻāύā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύā§āϰ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāϞā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāϰā§āĻĨ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧠āĻŽā§āύāĻžāĻĢāĻž āĻāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻ āϏāĻĢāϞ āĻāĻāύāĻŋāĻļāύ, āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
(of a vehicle or engine) to fail to ignite properly or skip a beat during operation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The engine misfires if I do n't maintain it regularly.
āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāύ āĻŽāĻŋāϏāĻĢāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻāϰ⧠āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻāĻŋ āϰāĻā§āώāĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§āĻā§āώāĻŖ āύāĻž āĻāϰāĻŋāĨ¤
Misfire
01
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āĻĢā§āϰāĻŖā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāϰā§āĻĨāϤāĻž, āĻŦā§āϝāϰā§āĻĨ āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āĻĢā§āϰāĻŖ
an explosion that fails to occur
02
āĻŦā§āϝāϰā§āĻĨāϤāĻž, āĻā§āϰāώā§āĻāϤāĻž
a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
misfire
fire
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