problemsome

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.””

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