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nay-saying en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of naysaying.
    alt of naysaying
    • We need a tool to extract from the risk assessment and intervention contingency tables any bias toward yea-saying or nay-saying. 2000, John F. McGrew, John G. Bilotta, “The effectiveness of risk management: measuring what didn't happen”, in Management Decision, volume 38, number 4, page 295:

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nay-saying en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of nay-say
    form of nay-say

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