"technical difficulty" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: technical difficulties [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} technical difficulty (plural technical difficulties)
  1. (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. Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-technical_difficulty-en-noun-4bEdK8DQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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