misdialing

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of misdial

plural misdialings

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.

   2009 February 15, Habiba Nosheen, “Uh-Oh, Calcutta”, in New York Times