troubling
adjective
trou·bling
ˈtrə-b(ə-)liŋ 
: causing feelings of worry or anxiety
a troubling news report
It's not just trauma survivors who may be distracted or derailed by shocking or troubling material …—
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troublingly
adverb
Examples of troubling in a Sentence
the most troubling sign of all is that he's stopped returning my phone calls
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If bilingualism supplies the edge, entry timing determines whether a cohort gets to use it — and here the technology argument finds a troubling mirror in the economic data.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
3 July 2026
No One Is Talking About This shift toward individualized responsibility makes the program’s exclusions even more troubling.
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Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Another troubling sign flagged by the bureau was that hiring in the health care sector slowed to just 22,000 jobs.
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Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
2 July 2026
But perhaps more troubling is that Google, the proprietor of the world’s primary research tool, has rolled out AI Overviews that can indiscriminately take in fake material and authoritatively spit it back out as real.
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Justin Elliott,
ProPublica,
2 July 2026
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
3 July 2026
No One Is Talking About This shift toward individualized responsibility makes the program’s exclusions even more troubling.
—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Another troubling sign flagged by the bureau was that hiring in the health care sector slowed to just 22,000 jobs.
—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
2 July 2026
But perhaps more troubling is that Google, the proprietor of the world’s primary research tool, has rolled out AI Overviews that can indiscriminately take in fake material and authoritatively spit it back out as real.
—
Justin Elliott,
ProPublica,
2 July 2026
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“Troubling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/troubling. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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