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complex problem

NOUN
can of worms
Synonyms
WEAK
Gordian knot Pandora's box complexity complication difficult situation difficulty dog's breakfast entanglement hard nut to crack headache hornet's nest hot water mare's nest mess predicament problem quagmire quandary snafu snake pit snarl trouble troublesome problem unpredictable situation

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While Date Drop has helped, it won’t necessarily solve the complex problem that is dating at a place like Stanford.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

But this will not be easy and Prof Gagen of Swansea University says saving the UK's woodlands is a complex problem that demands difficult choices.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025

Reconstructing a full 3D scene from one camera viewpoint is a complex problem.

From Science Daily • Jun. 18, 2024

“The district court undoubtedly has broad equitable power to remedy legal violations that have contributed to the complex problem of homelessness in Los Angeles,” wrote Judge Jacqueline H. Nguyen.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2024

John Gottman took a complex problem and reduced it to its simplest elements: even the most complicated of relationships and problems, he showed, have an identifiable underlying pattern.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell