technicality meaning
UK US /ˌtɛknɪˈkælɪti/ 5 syllables
technicality (noun): the state of being technical as in the use of technical terms or methods.
technicality has 2 meanings in this dictionary.
technicality as a noun
- the state of being technical as in the use of technical terms or methods
- the judicial system suffered from too much technicality and formality
- It is a tribute to the tribunals that the technicality at the heart of the appellate process in these tribunals can and does coexist with the relative informality in atmosphere and with procedural flexibility.
Type of: state
Related forms: technical
- a specific detail in a set of rules or terms belonging to a particular field
- the resolution died on a technicality
- the defendant was acquitted on a legal technicality
Type of: detail
Related forms: technical
How to pronounce technicality
technicality is pronounced /ˌtɛknɪˈkælɪti/ in American English. It has 5 syllables, with the stress on the third syllable.
Words that rhyme with technicality
Word lists: words starting with TE · words ending in TY · 12-letter words
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