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misdial
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mis·di·al  (ms-dl, -dl)
tr. & intr.v. mis·di·aled or mis·di·alled, mis·di·al·ing or mis·di·al·ling, mis·di·als
To dial or be dialed incorrectly.

misdial n.
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misdial
vti (Telec) to misdial (the number)sich verwählen


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Note also that you'll get more misdials if your vanity words include the letter "O," which can be mistaken for the zero key.
Unfortunately he misdials and gets Brian who tells him to top himself, believing it is his friend playing a joke.
Of these, 9 errors were determined to be a result of a participant's inability to see the keys (as evidenced by 2 or more incorrect entries), 6 were simple misdials (an otherwise uncategorizable mistake, such as dialing a "4" instead of a "7" but entering the rest of the number correctly), and 1 was caused when the participant pressed "clear" (not "clear all," which deletes the last digit entered), and then started the full dialing again.
 
 
 
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