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difficult(adjective, hard, rough, difficult, delicate)
34
knotty(adjective, hard, difficulty, difficult, delicate)
30
hard(adjective, rough, difficult, delicate, complex)
28
complex(adjective, hard, difficult, delicate, awkward)
26
sticky(adjective, hard, difficult, complex, problematic)
25
problematic(adjective, hard, difficult, delicate, complex)
10
troublesome(adjective, hard, rough, difficult, delicate)
8
awkward(adjective, tough, difficulty, difficult, delicate)
8
perplexing(adjective, hard, difficult, delicate, complex)
5
strenuous(adjective, difficult)
3
uncomfortable(adjective, rough, painful, tricky, problematic)
3
unpleasant(adjective, tough, difficult, tricky, problematic)
1
heavy(bad, difficult, risky, dangerous, treacherous)
0
compromising(tricky, problematic)
0
discomforting
0
embarrassed(tricky, problematic)
0
ill at ease(expression, idiom, tricky, problematic)
0
inconvenient(tricky, problematic)
0
inopportune(tricky, problematic)
0
untimely(tricky, problematic)
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