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technicality

[ tek-ni-kal-i-tee ]

noun

plural technicalities
  1. technical character.
  2. the use of technical methods or terms.
  3. something that is technical; a technical point, detail, or expression.


technicality

/ ˌɛɪˈæɪɪ /

noun

  1. a petty formal point arising from a strict interpretation of rules, etc

    the case was dismissed on a technicality

  2. the state or quality of being technical
  3. technical methods and vocabulary
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • p·ٱ𳦳n·i·ٲ noun
  • v·ٱ𳦳n·i·ٲ noun plural overtechnicalities
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of technicality1

First recorded in 1805–15; technical + -ity
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“But it’s a technicality when the only hospital you can have a baby at won’t help you.”

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Among other legal technicalities, Iwasaki wrote that the company Survey Monkey owned the survey in question — not the league.

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Introducing the law change in 2014, the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition government argued it would stop compensation going to people who only had their conviction quashed on a technicality, and therefore might be guilty.

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The courts agreed, based on a number of legal technicalities, although the prosecutors described the ruling as "unjust".

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Against the colossal intimidation of a sitting president declaring something illegal and subject to investigation, though, such technicalities may be hard to consider.

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