adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a vexed/thorny question (= one that is hard to deal with )
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Finally, there’s the thorny question of money.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
question
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I shall not turn to the vexed question of the national minimum wage.
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The vexed question has always been: Who should write the programs which control these machines?
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A paradigm example of this is the vexed question of spatial visualisation.
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Until recently what was on the child's school record and whether parent or child could see it was a vexed question .
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Potentially an even bigger bombshell is about to burst on the vexed question of pension rights.
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Was the vexed question of extradition discussed at the Council?
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And there is another vexed question .
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These are vexed questions that involve the whole community in Western societies: scientists, professionals, and the general public.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A paradigm example of this is the vexed question of spatial visualisation.
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No, she's not vexed .
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Potentially an even bigger bombshell is about to burst on the vexed question of pension rights.
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The vexed question has always been: Who should write the programs which control these machines?
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The question of which system to choose is a vexed one.
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Until recently what was on the child's school record and whether parent or child could see it was a vexed question.