misfire

Object

• alarm: What can I do to stop a misfiring car alarm?
• engine: A number of teams had a day to forget: Autocare retired early with broken steering geometry and Andy Racing with a misfiring engine.
• problem: Worst Flight: 1. Site 1, 8 take-offs in a row, trying to spot a misfire problem - loose HT bolt!
• joke: He never once lost the audience, from either fatigue or a misfired joke.
• striker: Clearly frustrated by his misfiring strikers, Le Guen introduced Boyd at the start of the second half, Charlie Adam making way.
• attempt: I'm sure there was, at one point, a misfired attempt to rename Beat 106 to Beat FM.

Preposition: at

end: Anthony Taylor's Aristocat started misfiring at the end with a burst water hose.

Adjective complement

due: This reduces the danger of misfiring due to overheating and extends the safe operational range of the plug into higher temperatures.

Modifying Another Word

• badly: Previous government attempts to manipulate the pound have badly misfired.
• still: A misfire still plagued the Sprite, various electrical checks ongoing.
• no: Start the engine and make sure that there is no misfiring due to water ingress or condensation under the bonnet.
• just: Even then, she never actually stopped - just misfired a tad!
• due: Start the engine and make sure that there is no misfiring due to water ingress or condensation under the bonnet.
• slightly: The glaze has been slightly misfired on the foot.

Used with why or when

• that: Dave Lowe's miserable season continued with the same electrical misfire that has bedeviled him all season, costing him around 0.7s.
• when: The only time I knew there was a problem was when the car started to misfire when in long traffic jams.

Preposition: from

start: Analyze That is a misfire from start to finish, a painful example of why the law of diminishing returns usually applies to sequels.