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misdialed

misdialed is the simple past and past participle of misdial.

Meaning of misdial

Verb

misdial (third-person singular simple present misdials, present participle (US) misdialing or (UK) misdialling, simple past and past participle (US) misdialed or (UK) misdialled)

  1. (ambitransitive) To dial or use a keypad incorrectly, especially on a telephone.
    • I misdialled her number and got through to a stranger.

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Questions about misdialed

What is misdialed the simple past and past participle of?
Misdialed is the simple past and past participle of misdial.

Words near misdialed in the dictionary

  1. misdiagram
  2. misdiagrammed
  3. misdiagramming
  4. misdiagrams
  5. misdial
  6. misdialed
  7. misdialing
  8. misdialings
  9. misdialled
  10. misdialling
  11. misdials

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misdialed (page history and authors); misdial (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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