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ill-posed

ill-posed adjective: not well-posed.

Adjective

ill-posed (not comparable)

  1. Not well-posed.
    • an ill-posed problem

Questions about ill-posed

What does ill-posed mean?
Ill-posed means not well-posed.
What part of speech is ill-posed?
Ill-posed is an adjective.

Words near ill-posed in the dictionary

  1. ill-natured
  2. ill-naturedly
  3. ill-naturedness
  4. ill-omened
  5. ill-placed
  6. ill-posed
  7. ill-prepared
  8. ill-proportioned
  9. ill-qualified
  10. ill-received
  11. ill-repute

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