troublesome problem

Example Sentences

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“Although initially appealing as a simple solution to a widespread and troublesome problem, vaccination is neither a solution nor simple,” said Tom Super, the council’s senior vice president for communications.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2023

Yet intercepting communications has remained a troublesome problem for the police.

From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2021

The inability to recognize people by their faces is a troublesome problem.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

And it presents Rizzo and Johnson with what could be a troublesome problem to solve: When is the right time to bring Harper up, financially and otherwise?

From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2012

This may not be a troublesome problem in the older and well-established communities, but in the newer states and sparsely settled sections the condition is almost forbidding.

From Rural Life and the Rural School by Kennedy, Joseph