technicality
noun /ˌteknɪˈkæləti/
/ˌteknɪˈkæləti/
(plural technicalities)
- 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
- …
- understand
- discuss
- get into
- …
- on a technicality
- 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
- …
- understand
- discuss
- get into
- …
- on a technicality