Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

technical difficulty

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.19 in modern English

Syllables: tech-ni-cal d-if-fi-cul-ty
IPA

38

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

7

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An unforeseen equipment problem, such as a hardware failure or software bug, that makes it difficult or impossible to perform a desired action.

Example Sentences

"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 the hearing and containing many of the Rosen Exhibits was inoperative. With assistance from my office, copies of the evidence were provided to counsel during the hearing."

Inflected Forms

technical difficulties (plural)

Questions

What does technical difficulty mean?: An unforeseen equipment problem, such as a hardware failure or software bug, that makes it difficult or impossible to perform a desired action.

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