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problemsome

problemsome adjective: characterised or marked by problems.

Adjective

problemsome (comparative more problemsome, superlative most problemsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by problems
    • 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...1992, Bonnie Burstow, Radical Feminist Therapy: Working in the Context of Violence
    • In an interview, he noted that the long delay in filling the post of Director of Central Intelligence was "especially problemsome."2001, William Safire, Let a Simile be Your Umbrella

Forms of problemsome

comparativemore problemsome
superlativemost problemsome

Origin of problemsome

From problem + -some.

Questions about problemsome

What does problemsome mean?
Problemsome means characterised or marked by problems.
What part of speech is problemsome?
Problemsome is an adjective.

Words near problemsome in the dictionary

  1. problems
  2. problemshed
  3. problemsheds
  4. problemsolver
  5. problemsolvers
  6. problemsome
  7. problemwise
  8. probly
  9. probole
  10. proboles
  11. Probolinggo

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