Misdialing

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An instance of reaching an unintended phone number due to an error in dialing or in using a keypad.

    "Although neither Mr. Halley nor the New York New YorkPolice Department could provide statistics on how many misdialings in the city were attempts to call numbers in India, many local Indians, especially newly arrived immigrants, acknowledge that the misdialings are a common problem."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of misdial form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

More examples

"Although neither Mr. Halley nor the New York New YorkPolice Department could provide statistics on how many misdialings in the city were attempts to call numbers in India, many local Indians, especially newly arrived immigrants, acknowledge that the misdialings are a common problem."

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