technicality
[tek-ni-
kal
-i-tee]
/ˌtɛk nɪˈkæl ɪ ti/
noun
,
plural
technicalities
for 2, 3.
1.
technical
character.
2.
the use of
technical
methods or terms.
3.
something that is
technical
; a
technical
point, detail, or expression.
Origin
1805-15;
technical
+
-ity
Related forms
hypertechnicality,
noun
overtechnicality,
noun,
plural
overtechnicalities.
Examples from the web for
technicality
The supervisor told the staffer that surely he did not want to stay, on account of a
technicality
, where he was unwanted.
In many ways, though, their nonreality is a mere
technicality
.
He also found
technicality
to get his other opponent disqualified.
Which brings us to your never-ending search for some legal
technicality
that will undo what currently exists.
Appeals ended this week with the upholding of the sentence, an apparent
technicality
.
Obviously here it is a
technicality
and no crime was committed.
The unsuccessful consumers typically did not receive anything or were turned down because of a
technicality
.
To a couple interested only in the fastest way to untie the knot, the question may seem to be an unimportant
technicality
.
Unfortunately, that verdict was thrown out on a
technicality
.
In other words, a legal
technicality
approach to what should be a decision put in the hands of the people.
British Dictionary definitions for
technicality
technicality
/
ˌtɛknɪˈkælɪtɪ
/
noun
(
pl
)
-ties
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
Word Origin and History for
technicality
n.
1814, from
technical
+
-ity
. Related:
Technicalities
.