0 present participle of misfire
1 If a gun misfires, the bullet fails to come out.
2 When an engine misfires, the fuel inside it starts to burn at the wrong moment:
3 If a plan misfires, it does not have the result that was intended:
Its catastrophic effects register the inherent ability of performatives to fail and misfire, and, in misfiring, to link up with other referents, other contents, other performances.
Wasters consist of spindle whorls that were so damaged during manufacturing-for example, by misfiring or by misshaping the inner hole - that they would not have been usable.
The fact that the wires are sometimes broken, or that the insulation is knocked off, is a comparatively frequent cause of misfiring.
Quite apart from the aggravation their misfiring creates, it also defeats their purpose.
If the engine is revved up with a bad or faulty sensor, it may cause misfiring, motor vibration or backfires.
Harmonics in power systems result in increased heating in the equipment and conductors, misfiring in variable speed drives, and torque pulsations in motors.
If too many ingredients are wasted by misfiring the cannon, production is brought to a halt and the mini-game must be attempted again.
Misfiring cannons and barrel explosions were the main cause of losses on both sides.
