problematic

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But the director, who wrote his adaptation in collaboration with Philippe Piazzo, also isn’t content with mere novelistic faithfulness to an author whose traces of colonial allegory in “The Stranger” have often been found problematic.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

"The resources Meta is devoting to blocking these ads would be better spent improving user safety through functional tools to reduce problematic use and to detect and remove users under age 13," she added.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

If Apple cannot deliver the foldable iPhone this year, that’s potentially problematic, Luria said in emailed comments.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

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

Secretly, I was relieved that I wouldn’t have to deal with getting Beck down the problematic slopes to come, most of which were not protected by fixed lines.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer