vexed question
Frequency: 5.01.5 per million words
refers to a problem or issue that is difficult and has been debated a lot without a satisfactory conclusion.
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- The issue of climate change remains a vexed question for international policy-makers.
- For centuries, the existence of extraterrestrial life has been a vexed question among scientists.
- Funding for public education is a vexed question that often dominates political debates.
- The historian described the causes of the war as a vexed question with no easy answers.
- Despite numerous attempts, finding a definitive solution to poverty remains a vexed question.
- The allocation of water resources in arid regions is a particularly vexed question.
- She decided to avoid the vexed question of inherited wealth during the family dinner.
- The legal status of digital currencies presents a vexed question for governments worldwide.
- This complex ethical dilemma has become a vexed question in bioethics.
- The politician skillfully sidestepped the vexed question of tax reform.