1 : something technical especially : a detail meaningful only to a specialist a legal technicality. 2 : the quality or state of being technical.

What does technicality mean?

The technicalities of a process or activity are the detailed methods used to do it or to carry it out. ... The earlier verdict was overturned on a legal technicality.

What does just a technicality mean?

A technicality is a trivial or very small detail. ... You can use the noun technicality for any small point or detail, but it's most likely to come up in the context of a court trial or a conversation with an attorney.