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problematic

[prob-luh-mat-ik] / ˌprɒb ləˈmæt ɪk /


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Stranded or struggling robots became the new Bird scooters — nifty ideas that proved more problematic in practice.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 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

“If it’s longer term, I think it’s more problematic for sure,” Link said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

In an interview last week, Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee said an interest-rate boost could be necessary in the future if inflation remains problematic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

It is not surprising that the history of science is a problematic activity, because science itself constantly claims to escape from its own temporal specificity, its own artificiality.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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