单词 | misdialling |
释义 | misdiallingmisdialingn. Incorrect dialling of a telephone number. ΚΠ 1953 Modesto (Calif.) Bee & News-Herald 29 Apr. 24/8 Councilman John Evans..pointed out that the possibility of misdialing still would exist if these three digits could be juggled. 1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 11 Feb. c1 The problem could not be solely attributable to misdialing. 1995 Independent 15 Apr. 1/1 Despite more than two years' warning,..BT fears misdialling could be as high as 50 per cent. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). misdiallingmisdialingadj. That dials a telephone number incorrectly. ΚΠ 1971 Tri-City Herald (Pasco, Washington) 6 June 9/3 Many a serious 18-year-old feels the weight of history with the same suddenness as Kelly's misdialing mouse. 1984 Washington Post (Nexis) 14 Nov. d1 A device that gives..the merest stranger or misdialing cretin the power to invade your private time. 1995 Independent 15 Apr. 1/2 Each misdialling caller will be played a recorded message. 2000 Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent) (Electronic ed.) 6 Oct. To this day wondering why a misdialling halfwit from Stoke-on-Trent is so eager to speak to ‘her off the telly’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1953adj.1971 |
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