Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

countertechnicality

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: coun-tertech-ni-cal-i-ty
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A technicality introduced in opposition to another technicality.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Moreover, the judges, having announced a technical rule and having discovered that it worked badly, were astute to discover a remedy in some countertechnicality."
"Eventually such technicality bred countertechnicality, as courts resorted to fine points of procedural doctrine to escape those confines of the record to which the appellant or appellee might try to hold them."

Etymology

From counter- + technicality.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: counter

Usage

Inflected Forms

countertechnicalities (plural)

Questions

What does countertechnicality mean?: A technicality introduced in opposition to another technicality.
Where does countertechnicality come from?: From counter- + technicality.

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