technical defect

collocation in English

meaningsoftechnicalanddefect

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technical
adjective
uk
/ˈtek.nɪ.kəl/us
/ˈtek.nɪ.kəl/
relating to the knowledge, machines, or methods used in science ...
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defect
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdiː.fekt/us
/ˈdiː.fekt/
a fault or problem in something or someone that spoils that thing or person or causes it, him, or her not to ...
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(Definition oftechnicalanddefectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But if the missed diagnosis took place because of atechnicaldefectin the information system, the producer of the equipment could be liable (52).
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Of the four accidents which have now been investigated, only one was attributed to atechnicaldefect—an engine failure.
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There may be sometechnicaldefect, which can be remedied; or some error of human judgment, and it is inevitable that that should come up.
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Therefore, as a pure matter of drafting, it has a radical and not atechnicaldefect.
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This remedies atechnicaldefectin the words as they were.
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I hope that they will both be agreed to either as they stand, or, should there be anytechnicaldefect, in principle.
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There would thus be a risk that some motorists who had accepted fixed penalties would seek to exploit thistechnicaldefectand escape altogether.
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I think that there is possibly atechnicaldefectin the amendment.
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He also pointed out that the word "available" was not defined, which he regarded as atechnicaldefect.
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Either he does not say anything about thetechnicaldefect, or he explains it.
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It is more than a puretechnicaldefectand will require a rethinking of the operation of those clauses.
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There is in the amendment atechnicaldefectwith which we need not be concerned because what really matters is the substance of the amendment.
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It may be atechnicaldefector it may not.
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The two most important parties to my argument and to thetechnicaldefectin clause 7 are not involved in the proceedings.
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He began by pretending that there was atechnicaldefectin the amendment.
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Therefore, this is more than atechnicaldefect.
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The amendments also put right a smalltechnicaldefectin schedule 7.
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We have no intention of doing that or of jettisoning or delaying these much-needed reforms because of such atechnicaldefect.
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I would not in any case want to take advantage of any littletechnicaldefectin the drafting.
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That defect and anytechnicaldefectin our amendment can be remedied in another place tomorrow.
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