technicality
noun
tech·ni·cal·i·ty
ˌtek-nə-ˈka-lə-tē 
plural technicalities
1
: something technical
especially
: a detail meaningful only to a specialist
a legal technicality
2
: the quality or state of being technical
Examples of technicality in a Sentence
These cases were dropped because of legal technicalities.
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
Baldwin, the film's star and producer, was acquitted of criminal charges on legal technicalities last summer.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
Caro Quintero spent 28 years in prison in Mexico for his role in the murder before he was released on a technicality in 2013.
—Polo Sandoval, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
The questions were as straightforward as the technicalities were complicated: how should Gaza be governed and reconstructed after the Israel-Hamas war is over, without having to resort to ethnic cleansing?
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Technicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/technicality. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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technicality
noun
tech·ni·cal·i·ty
ˌtek-nə-ˈkal-ət-ē
plural technicalities
1
: something technical
especially
: a detail that means something only to a specialist
a legal technicality
2
: the quality or state of being technical
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