Nay-saying

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of naysaying. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

    "We need a tool to extract from the risk assessment and intervention contingency tables any bias toward yea-saying or nay-saying."

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

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"We need a tool to extract from the risk assessment and intervention contingency tables any bias toward yea-saying or nay-saying."

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