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frustrating(verb, adjective, hindering)
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unaccountable(adjective, obscure, solid, strange, mysterious)
6
unclear(adjective, hard, obscure, difficult, loose)
5
abstruse(adjective, hard, obscure, difficult, dark)
5
ambiguous
5
disconcerting(adjective, complicated, knotty, puzzling, confusing)
5
hard(tough, obscure, solid, awkward, dense)
5
impenetrable(adjective, obscure, solid, deep, mysterious)
5
inscrutable(adjective, solid, strange, dense, unfathomable)
5
opaque(adjective, hard, obscure, difficult, unclear)
5
recondite
5
thorny(adjective, difficult, delicate, complex, tricky)
4
complicated(adjective, hard, difficult, complex, awkward)
4
confused
4
elusive(adjective, mysterious, evasive)
4
equivocal(adjective, obscure, difficult, dark, strange)
4
indecipherable(adjective, unintelligible)
4
indefinite
4
insoluble(adjective, unable, answered)
4
involved(adjective, hard, difficult, complex, awkward)
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