technical difficulty
English
Noun
technical difficulty (plural technical difficulties)
- (chiefly in the plural) An unforeseen equipment problem, such as a hardware failure or software bug, that makes it difficult or impossible to perform a desired action.
- 2023 December 28, Shenna Bellows, “Ruling of the Secretary of State”, in State of Maine Secretary of State, archived from the original on 29 December 2023, page 6:
- 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.
Further reading
- “technical difficulty”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “technical difficulties”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “technical difficulties”, in Collins English Dictionary.
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