problematic
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"I brought back Ali G because he is a problematic dinosaur," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Steyer said that although he believes the way the measure is written is "problematic", it is necessary to protect vulnerable Californians.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
This process can take years and requires veterans to navigate multiple layers of review before reaching a court, which is problematic enough.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
The lengthier postseason would force the regular season to begin one week earlier and likely eliminate Power 4 conference championship games, which while lucrative, can be redundant and potentially problematic in impacting the CFP slate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
So these little nuggets of problematic facticity—the inability of garlic to disempower a magnet or of goat’s blood to re-empower it—found their way into della Porta’s text.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing problematic
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