ex-directory

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ˌex-diˈrectory adjectiveadj British EnglishBrE

TCTa person or telephone number that is ex-directory is not in the public telephone book 〔人或电话号码〕未列入电话号码簿的 SYN American English unlisted

The number is ex-directory.

该号码未列入电话号码簿。

After several threatening calls, we decided to go ex-directory.

接到几个恐吓电话后，我们决定不再将号码列入电话号码簿了。

Examples from the Corpus

ex-directory• Hopefully, he looked first for Rose Hilaire in the telephone book; no such name, so she must be ex-directory.• It's a well-known fact that in Knutsford the Fire-Brigade is ex-directory.• Luce tore it open and read: When I tried to ring you I was told that the Diomede number is ex-directory.• Through telephone enquiries he discovered that there were plenty of Carrows and Tremaynes in the county and not a few who were ex-directory.• Repeatedly she found he had rung the private, ex-directory line at Camilla's home Middlewich House.• Better still, if you live alone, have an ex-directory number.• The main focus will be on ex-directory numbers, which mean that published directories are incomplete as listings of telephone-owning households.• They are constantly changing their numbers, or going ex-directory to stave off threatening calls.

go ex-directory• They are constantly changing their numbers, or going ex-directory to stave off threatening calls.

From Longman Business Dictionary

ex-directoryˌex-diˈrectory adjectiveadj British EnglishBrE

an ex-directory telephone number is deliberately not given in a public telephone bookSYN AmE unlisted

You can change your number and go ex-directory (=no longer have your number in the phone book).

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