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thorny problem

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meanings of thornyand problem


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thorny
adjective
uk /ˈθɔː.ni/ us /ˈθɔːr.ni/
A thorny problem or subject is difficult to ...
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problem
noun[C]
uk /ˈprɒb.ləm/ us /ˈprɑː.bləm/
a situation, person, or thing that needs attention and needs to be dealt with ...
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Examples of thorny problem


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None the less, intercultural communication often runs into the notoriously thornyproblem of ethical relativism.
This presented the government with a thornyproblem as it strove to normalise relations with its new ally.
Nonetheless, intercultural communication often runs into the notoriously thornyproblem of ethical relativism.
He begins by tackling the thornyproblem of defining what soft news is.
Data is a thornyproblem for the textbook writer, especially where the author has to rely on published descriptions, which are never as complete as might be wished.
Another thornyproblem relating to the proposal is labelling showing the origin of the meat.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
And then there is the thornyproblem of fisheries, which we have been considering today.
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I sincerely hope that the forthcoming negotiations may lead to a successful solution of this most thornyproblem.
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That is the result of a dragging of feet for years, on what is admittedly the thornyproblem of the reform of local government.
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I am doing my best to bear in mind all the relevant considerations in regard to this very thornyproblem.
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I have to refer to one very thornyproblem.
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We now get to the thornyproblem of unattached architects.
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One could cut out the food subsidies, the electricity and gas subsidies and so on, and start on the thornyproblem of housing subsidies.
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We congratulate her on her non-legalistic, commonsense approach to the thornyproblem of "in charge" cases.
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But controlling international waterways is a thornyproblem and it will be difficult to get some sort of agreement, for instance, to extend territorial waters.
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It is a thornyproblem because various conflicting interests are at issue, especially those of health and of industry.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Potatoes are a thornyproblem from the marketing point of view.
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This brings us to the very thornyproblem of redundancy.
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The redevelopment of the town centre will cost millions of pounds, and, here again, the council has a thornyproblem to handle.
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They want a satisfactory, commonsense, genuine solution of a thornyproblem.
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