problematic
Example Sentences
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Plant a tree or something, although that could be problematic.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
She adds that targeting dyes is a “good first step,” but they’re certainly not the only problematic additive the FDA should strictly regulate.
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026
So how should investors position themselves for this new, problematic epoch?
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
Dangerously, it takes car smashes for the problematic side of the former world number one's life to be revealed.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
Too much of it and we obscure the all-pervasive sense of contingency as well as the problematic character of the choices facing the revolutionary generation.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing problematic
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