wrong number

noun

1. (in telephoning)
   1. a call made to a number other than the one intended.
   2. the number or person reached through such a call.
2. Slang.
   1. the wrong person for a particular task, role, or situation:

      Me cook a gourmet dinner?—You've got the wrong number!

   2. an inadequate, disagreeable, or repulsive person:

      She's OK, but her brother's a wrong number.

wrong number

noun

1. a telephone number wrongly connected or dialled in error or the person so contacted

Example Sentences

The 2020 fake electors plot failed in part because Rudy Giuliani texted the wrong number, according to the recent court filing by special counsel Jack Smith, The Guardian reported.

From Salon

According to the special counsel, however, that message — intended for a Republican lawmaker in Michigan — was sent to an undisclosed but definitely wrong number.

From Salon

In “Wrong Number,” a small canvas on which two tulips emerge on either side of a small lavender sun, a thin layer of white sitting over a block of teal looks formidably complex.

From New York Times

For example, at one point Komo insisted Canada’s population in 1991 was about 1 million people and stood by this wrong number even after I followed up to ask if it was sure.

From Seattle Times

It’s estimated that 70 percent of miscarriages happen when an embryo has the wrong number of chromosomes.

From Salon

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