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problematic

[prob-luh-mat-ik] / ˌprɒb ləˈmæt ɪk /


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At the same time, small fly-by-night schools have been opened by profiteers and people with problematic pasts or no educational experience.

From Salon Jul. 27, 2026

Now banks have worked through the most problematic loans and are seeing lower delinquencies in their real-estate portfolios.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Cancino has appealed his termination, arguing that other officers in his unit carried out more of the problematic stops.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

“It’s one of the reasons why tomato and lettuce prices have been so problematic so far in 2026,” Volpe said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

There are cases of ‘problematic facticity’ and others of ‘unproblematic facticity’, and the language of the fact seems to be employed first of all to deal with cases of problematic facticity.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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