Definition of "misfiring" []

• Present participle of misfire. (verb)
• The situation where something misfires. (noun)

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• "The Suns were misfiring from the outside in the first half - Nash, Bell and Leandro Barbosa were a combined 5-for-20 - but they opened a 16-point lead thanks to the rugged play of Thomas and the masterful performance of Marion."
• "Houston (0-2), meanwhile, looked its old self - misfiring from the start."
• "But the Grizzlies could never get closer because they kept misfiring from the field, and Houston eventually got the lead back to 11 points with just under 3 minutes left."