teething problems
collocation in Englishmeaningsofteetheandproblem
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teethe
verb[I]
uk/tiːð/us/tiːð/
If a baby or small child is teething, their first teeth are growing, usually ...
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problem
noun[C]
uk/ˈprɒb.ləm/us/ˈprɑː.bləm/
a situation, person, or thing that needs attention and needs to be dealt with ...
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(Definition ofteetheandproblemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This was ateethingproblem, in respect of an issue which we had never offered before.
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These adjustments are necessary because of the teething problems that we have discovered in operating the system.
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The 1960s stock has gradually been replaced despite some severe teething problems with the new sprinters.
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Major teething problems have occurred, but they resulted from the way in which the new technology was first introduced.
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No reasonable person would expect radical change to be introduced without some teething problems.
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Will he confirm that it is his impression that any teething problems which the company experienced have now been overcome?
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I welcome also the maturity shown in the debate and the recognition that there are bound to be teething problems.
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There are many anomalies under the mobility allowance scheme, and still more teething problems during its phasing in.
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That line has experienced considerable teething problems and is not out of them yet.
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I think that any such change will have teething problems.
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There may be a few teething problems but after some weeks when the cycle speeds up, both sides will be reconciled.
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But, as in the case of any new initiative, some local authorities may have faced a few teething problems.
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Nobody would deny that there have been some teething problems.
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We will have teething problems with this new policy in its early years.
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Each authority has to work through its own teething problems with the programmes.
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I understand that the teething problems experienced on introduction of this stock have now largely been overcome.
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Among the teething problems to which he referred was that of plant disease.
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There are bound to be teething problems, but what is intended can be done and, indeed, is being done up and down the country.
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There were massive teething problems at the beginning.
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When moving to a new scheme, there are bound to be teething problems.
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