teething troubles/problems

noun

British
: small problems that happen when a business, project, system, etc., is first started or used
There were some teething troubles when we began our business.

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There were a few teething problems tech-wise, but nothing that shouldn’t be fixed by now. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 May 2026 Using the app – which had teething problems—to book trips took away any personal contact with the excursion team and the opportunity to ask questions. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Apr. 2026 Still, teething problems caused an eight-minute delay during Bournemouth’s FA Cup tie with Wolverhampton Wanderers last March. — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026 One unfortunate buyer, a marketing manager from Southampton, experienced the worst of the brand’s teething troubles. — Matthew MacConnell, ArsTechnica, 17 Feb. 2026 The teams were worried about any potential early problems being broadcast to the world and wanted to sort out any teething problems behind closed doors, before the official Bahrain tests take place next month. — Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026 Like any new technology, AI is open to both misuse and teething problems. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 2 Jan. 2026 Nigeria is Africa’s largest oil producer and has historically held great interest for foreign investors in the sector, despite teething problems of vandalism and violence that have turned some international oil companies away in recent years. — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2025 With such upheaval in the front line, some teething problems are understandable. — Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025

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