problematic

Example Sentences

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Ms. Zenovich has turned her lens on a number of problematic characters over the years, including Lance Armstrong, Roman Polanski and Chevy Chase.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Now, Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica have obtained documents that reveal the role Dundon played in pushing some of the key company practices that regulators later presented as problematic.

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026

“So if César was exposed as being the problematic individual we now know him to be, then maybe the union and the movement was also problematic and so people stayed quiet.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

A review published in February 2025 found Ali's Prevent case was closed too early after "problematic" assessments.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

They knew this idea was problematic and anomalous, but they also knew that without it there could be no perspective representation.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton