as in disturbing
causing worry or anxiety
the troublesome news that there will be more cuts in the school budget
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Recent Examples of troublesome
This is troublesome, since judges are not historians.
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Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
The Fed’s target is 2% on an annual basis and has been troublesome to reach.
—Austin Denean, Baltimore Sun, 17 Dec. 2024
This also makes the lens troublesome for focus stacked macro photography, a capture and editing technique that layers multiple exposures captured at different points of focus in order to achieve more depth of field while avoiding diffraction effects.
—PCMAG, 11 Dec. 2024
With a reasonable degree of certainty, the short-term consumer environment will be highly troublesome, but negotiations could work out, and retail might (eventually) be better off.
—Rick Helfenbein, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
The Fed’s target is 2% on an annual basis and has been troublesome to reach.
—Austin Denean, Baltimore Sun, 17 Dec. 2024
This also makes the lens troublesome for focus stacked macro photography, a capture and editing technique that layers multiple exposures captured at different points of focus in order to achieve more depth of field while avoiding diffraction effects.
—PCMAG, 11 Dec. 2024
With a reasonable degree of certainty, the short-term consumer environment will be highly troublesome, but negotiations could work out, and retail might (eventually) be better off.
—Rick Helfenbein, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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While the Eagles triumphed 22-10, advancing to the NFC Divisional Round, the victory was overshadowed by the disturbing exchange in the stands.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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The disturbing new figures are inching close to the same number of people — 1.5 million— who were internally displaced by Haiti’s cataclysmic earthquake, which struck 15 years ago on Jan. 12, 2010.Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
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The unsettling echo of the book’s title struck me and many others.Jay Feinman, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2025
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Ben Stiller directs six of those entries (notably, the first and final three) with an unsettling symmetry; balancing and unbalancing compositions in order to undercut the inherent comforts of routine and uniformity.Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 3 Jan. 2025
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Naval News' reporting paints a troubling image of China's new potential capabilities of bypassing Taipei's defenses and landing in Taiwan with heavy military equipment.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
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While the possible deployment of a cell-site simulator at the DNC has raised more questions than answers, for privacy and civil liberties advocates, the implications are troubling nonetheless.Dhruv Mehrotra, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
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The net front is the nastiest place on an NHL rink.Chris Branch, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Make sure your items are delivered on time before nasty weather hits by signing up for a Prime membership.Christopher Murray, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
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The glorious few who still worry about the decline of Palm Beach society speculated wildly that Trump was planning to legalize gambling and build a casino, or — the truly frightening possibility — subdivide his acreage and sell houses.Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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In a cast full of mothers, the women are naturally sympathetic, triggered by the idea that something that frightening could happen to them too – only to be a little flummoxed at the full picture as more details started to come out.Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Troublesome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troublesome. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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