troublesome

Etymology

trouble + -some

adj

  1. Causing trouble or anxiety
    The computer has been very troublesome for me. It never works when I need to use it.
    The problem is that the likes of Shapps and his boss Boris Johnson are eager for a fight with the unions. They are being deliberately provocative, so they can portray railway workers as 'troublesome trots'. June 15 2022, Christian Wolmar, “What do the railways need and how can we fulfil that need?”, in RAIL, number 959, page 45

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