problematic
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They said that Meta’s design and delivery of third party content is in and of itself problematic, causing social media addiction and putting children at risk for exploitation.
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026
As long as the value isn’t further destroyed through other problematic acquisitions, our investment should do well under almost any circumstance.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
Stranded or struggling robots became the new Bird scooters — nifty ideas that proved more problematic in practice.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
Finding a place of their own has proved problematic.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
The second apparently problematic feature of the historian’s enterprise is that some important developments are quite simply invisible to the participants.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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