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

  1. 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

  2. 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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