misfiring

VerbEdit

misfiring

1. Present participle of misfire.

NounEdit

misfiring (plural misfirings)

1. The situation where something misfires.
   • 2007 November 20, Michiko Kakutani, “Power to Soothe the Savage Breast and Animate the Hemispheres”, New York Times:

     He has written a book that not only contributes to our understanding of the elusive magic of music but also illuminates the strange workings, and misfirings, of the human mind.