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technical difficulty

technical difficulty noun: an unforeseen equipment problem, such as a hardware failure or software bug, that makes it difficult or impossible to perform a desired action.

Noun

technical difficulty (plural technical difficulties)

  1. (in plural) An unforeseen equipment problem, such as a hardware failure or software bug, that makes it difficult or impossible to perform a desired action.
    • Mr. Trump first makes a blanket objection, on Due Process grounds, to the fact that he was unable to review the Rosen Challengers' exhibits before the hearing. As discussed on the record, due to a technical difficulty suffered by the Rosen Challengers, a Dropbox link provided to the parties before...2023 December 28, Shenna Bellows, “Ruling of the Secretary of State”, in State of Maine Secretary of State, archived from the original on 29 Dec 2023, page 6

Forms of technical difficulty

pluraltechnical difficulties

Questions about technical difficulty

What does technical difficulty mean?
Technical difficulty means an unforeseen equipment problem, such as a hardware failure or software bug, that makes it difficult or impossible to perform a desired action.
What part of speech is technical difficulty?
Technical difficulty is a noun.
What is the plural of technical difficulty?
The plural of technical difficulty is technical difficulties.

Words near technical difficulty in the dictionary

  1. technical colleges
  2. technical cybernetics
  3. technical debt
  4. technical debts
  5. technical difficulties
  6. technical difficulty
  7. technical diving
  8. technical drawing
  9. technical drawings
  10. technical foul
  11. technical fouls

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