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Definition of technicality noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

technicality

noun
 
/ˌteknɪˈkæləti/
 
/ˌteknɪˈkæləti/
(plural technicalities)
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  1. technicalities
    [plural] the small details of how to do something or how something works
    • He described the process in broad terms without going into the technicalities.
    • I don’t want to go into all the technicalities just now.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • mere
    • minor
    • legal
    verb + technicality
    • understand
    • discuss
    • get into
    preposition
    • on a technicality
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  2. a small detail in a law or set of rules, especially one that does not seem fair
    • She was released on a technicality (= because of a small detail in the law).
    • The court was forced to release him on a technicality.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • mere
    • minor
    • legal
    verb + technicality
    • understand
    • discuss
    • get into
    preposition
    • on a technicality
    See full entry
See technicality in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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