problematic
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In the haste to disrupt the obesity epidemic, weight loss has been treated as the singular, undisputed metric of success, which experts say is problematic.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
This is particularly problematic for consumer discretionary companies—those that sell nonessential goods ands services.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has also acknowledged using errant figures to justify a fraud probe in New York, deepening concerns in the administration’s methods for identifying problematic activity.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
But she had to fight to wrest the position permanently from the grasp of an inept, problematic man.
From Salon • May 11, 2026
This argument, on the surface, seems relatively straightforward, but there are actually many layers to it, some of which are quite problematic.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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