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Meaning of problemsome | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Characterised or marked by problems

Examples

“They are legally mandated to intrude and imprison “the problemsome” on the grounds of dangerousness, whether “the problemsome” are truly dangerous or not and despite the fact that psychiatry's own research and amicus briefs indicate that psychiatrists have no reliability whatever in predicting dangerousness.”
“In an interview, he noted that the long delay in filling the post of Director of Central Intelligence was "especially problemsome."”
““[...] We find our meaning in different ways and had rather remain here poor than there poor with our problemsome families dispersed across the face of the earth instead of at home, nearby, for us to tend to.””

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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