problem child
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problem child
noun problem children
- A child who is particularly difficult to raise or educate, especially due to a lack of self-control and disruptive and antisocial behavior. Of recent times very much has been said regarding the problem child, but as Lady Stradbroke pointed out last week but little is being done to cope with the menace that child is to itself and to the community.
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Someone or something persistently difficult or vexing; a frequent source of trouble or annoyance.
[A]n ambitious supersonic carrier fighter called the F3H Demon . . . proved too heavy for its Navy-specified Westinghouse engine (in itself a problem child), and turned into a $265 million fiasco.
Opposite: problem-solver
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noun difficult child
| 한국어 | 문제아 munjea |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 問題児 mondaiji |
| Deutsch | Sorgenkind, Problemkind |
| Русский | тру́дный ребёнок trúdnyj rebjónok |
noun something difficult
| Deutsch | Sorgenkind |
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@misc{problem_child_2026,
title = {problem child},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/problem%20child},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
