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misfired

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Definition of misfired word

  • noun misfired Simple past tense and past participle of misfire. 1

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Parts of speech for Misfired

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

misfired popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for misfired

verb misfired

  • backfired — Simple past tense and past participle of backfire.
  • failed — unsuccessful; failed: a totally fail policy.
  • miscarried — Simple past tense and past participle of miscarry.
  • fizzled — Simple past tense and past participle of fizzle.
  • flopped — to fall or plump down suddenly, especially with noise; drop or turn with a sudden bump or thud (sometimes followed by down): The puppy flopped down on the couch.

Antonyms for misfired

verb misfired

  • succeeded — to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result: Our efforts succeeded.
  • corrected — to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The native guide corrected our pronunciation. The new glasses corrected his eyesight.

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