Usually means: Failed to function as intended.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word misfired:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. misfired: Merriam-Webster
  2. misfired: Collins English Dictionary
  3. misfired: Vocabulary.com
  4. misfired: Wordnik
  5. misfired: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. misfired: Wiktionary
  7. misfired: Dictionary.com
  8. misfired: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. misfired: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. misfired: Legal dictionary

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  1. misfired: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (misfire)

noun:  An act of misfiring.
noun:  (figurative) A failure.
verb:  (firearms) To fail to discharge properly.
verb:  (of an engine) To fail to ignite in the proper sequence.
verb:  (of a nerve or neuron) To initiate an action potential without the proper stimulus.
verb:  (by extension) To fail to achieve the anticipated result.
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