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the troublesome news that there will be more cuts in the school budget
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The problem is particularly troublesome in areas of the country without doctors, nurses, midwives or medical centers specializing in maternity care.
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Erika Edwards, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
The big issue was that getting to those hard-to-reach areas was troublesome.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2024
Inflation is much more troublesome when income gains don’t keep up.
—Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2024
But in Judge’s intentionally crass lament (which somehow becomes more prescient and troublesome by the day), our rampant national boorishness and stupidity was sort of the point.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2024
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Erika Edwards, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
The big issue was that getting to those hard-to-reach areas was troublesome.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2024
Inflation is much more troublesome when income gains don’t keep up.
—Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2024
But in Judge’s intentionally crass lament (which somehow becomes more prescient and troublesome by the day), our rampant national boorishness and stupidity was sort of the point.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2024
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“Troublesome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/troublesome. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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troublesome
adjective
trou·ble·some
ˈtrəb-əl-səm 
1
: requiring or involving continued or tiring effort, attention, or study : difficult, burdensome
a troublesome task
2
: giving trouble or anxiety
troublesome news
troublesomely
adverb
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