perplexing problem

collocation in English

meanings of perplexing and problem

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perplexing
adjective
uk/pəˈplek.sɪŋ/us/pɚˈplek.sɪŋ/
confusing, often because you do not know how to ...
problem
noun [C]
uk/ˈprɒb.ləm/us/ˈprɑː.bləm/
a situation, person, or thing that needs attention and needs to be dealt with ...

(Definition of perplexing and problem from the Cambridge English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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We have considered this question very carefully, for it is a very perplexing problem.
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I agree that it is a rather perplexing problem altogether.
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I think that this is a responsible attitude to take to this perplexing problem.
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This is unquestionably and undeniably the most difficult and perplexing problem.
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I should have thought that that was the most desirable answer to this very difficult and perplexing problem.
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It's a perplexing problem; it is a difficult problem.
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The fundamental and intensely perplexing problem is what must be proved in order to establish insanity, which would amount to a defence.
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Indeed, the extent to which we ought to participate internationally in the next stage of high energy physics is really a most perplexing problem.
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It is a very difficult and perplexing problem for us.
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I have not found it easy to decide the right approach to this rather perplexing problem.
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This is a perplexing problem and there can be two views about it.
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In political terms, we have the difficult, sensitive and, at times, almost perplexing problem of the transatlantic alliance.
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I think it will be agreed that it is about the most puzzling and perplexing problem with which we have ever had to deal.
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It is, therefore, natural for each of us to wonder wherein lies the solution to this great, perplexing problem confronting humanity.
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A local authority may sometimes be faced with rather a perplexing problem when it has to decide whether a particular building has special architectural or historic interest.
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However, it is a somewhat perplexing problem.
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It is an extraordinarily perplexing problem.
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It is becoming a perplexing problem.
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It is a most perplexing problem.
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As he has no authority to oust the manager, he solves the perplexing problem by quitting himself.
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