Definition of "misfired" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of misfire. (verb)

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• "Savard had a rough opening period when he failed to lift the puck over a sprawling Miller into an empty net and misfired from the right side of an open net with 6 1/2 minutes to play, dribbling the puck into the crease."
• "That single dim bulb that is my brain misfired this weekend, sending me off to re-read and view The City of Ember when all the while Alicia Potter was already busy with her review."
• "The Blazers also misfired from the foul line, connecting on just"