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XY problems

XY problems is the plural of XY problem.

Meaning of XY problem

Noun

XY problem (plural XY problems)

  1. A communication problem where a person seeking help (for example, from a computing helpdesk) provides misleadingly incomplete information about the source of the problem and thus receives inaccurate or unhelpful suggestions about how to fix it.

Questions about XY problems

What is XY problems the plural of?
XY problems is the plural of XY problem.

Words near XY problems in the dictionary

  1. XXXY syndrome
  2. XXY
  3. XXYY syndrome
  4. XY
  5. XY problem
  6. XY problems
  7. XY recorder
  8. XY recorders
  9. XY system
  10. xyelid
  11. xyelids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: XY problems (page history and authors); XY problem (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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