teething issues

Early operational hiccups

Teething issues are the minor problems that emerge when something new is first put into operation—a product launch, a new system, an organization in its early days.

The metaphor comes from the discomfort infants experience as their first teeth break through: painful but temporary and expected.

The app had some teething issues, but they've mostly been resolved.

Also called teething troubles or teething problems.

Related

challenges · oral health · adjustment · learning curve · baby steps · prototype · beta version · soft launch · settling in · teething troubles · iteration · onboarding · new hire · trial run · bottleneck · troubleshooting · dental hygiene · debugging

Opposites
maturity/development stage

teething issueswell-oiled machine

Flawlessly coordinated working system

battle-tested · tried and true

problem resolution

teething issuessmooth sailing

Untroubled progress forward

working order · peak performance · flawless execution · plain sailing · reliability

flaw permanence

teething issuesdesign flaws

Inherent structural weaknesses

systemic issues

Family

teeth, teethe, toothed, toothless, toothy, issue, issued, issuing, issuance

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G