The word "misfires" is correct in written English.
It is typically used to describe a failure to function properly, often in the context of machinery or plans.
Example: "The engine misfires when it struggles to start on cold mornings."
Alternatives: "Fails" or "Malfunctions".
Even Netflix and Amazon have not been free from misfires.
Even when it misfires – when the dialogue becomes a little too smug, when its attitude to violence gets a little too throwaway – it's still undeniably the product of a very singular mind.
Being a phenomenally useless golfer, I welcomed the chance to practise my swing in isolation – and to blame the terrain for my frequent misfires.
For the time being, however, that is just speculation.In its use of government aid, China's economic power also misfires badly.
While it often misfires, it is also a necessary ingredient for building and enforcing that rule-bound international order that Mr Obama spoke of, back in March.
THE herbalist stall of Dr Zachari in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, offers "cures" for AIDS, madness, lost love and "manhood misfires", but most popular with customers coming to his tin-shack in the sprawling Konyo-Konyo market is "business advice".
Over the past 17 years he and his team have demonstrated how to use neural networks to control engine idle speed, detect misfires and minimise fuel consumption.
These specify that cars' onboard diagnostics must not only monitor misfires, but must also detect whether the misfires occurred in a single cylinder or more than one.A misfire is usually sensed by a small dip in acceleration, but with large engines such as the Econoline's V10 or the DB9's V12, it is difficult to discriminate between a fire and a misfire amid the noise of vibration.
But it remains a peculiar, brutal and primitive way to introduce them to the adult world; and even the most gun-loving American should not wonder that it often misfires.
And since quantitative models tend to rely on similar inputs a generous helping of polls spiced with a dollop of "fundamental" factors such as the economy and fundraising if one system misfires, others will probably err in the same way.
It detects cylinder misfires using an artificial neural network, a system modelled on the interconnected neurons of a simple brain.
