troublesome

Definition

Causing trouble or anxiety.

Etymology

From trouble + -some.

Example Sentences

• "The computer has been very troublesome for me. It never works when I need to use it."
• "As was the case with the "Merchant Navy" locomotives, some of these features have proved troublesome, and this in turn at times has reflected on performance as well as on maintenance."
• "The problem is that the likes of Shapps and his boss Boris Johnson are eager for a fight with the unions. They are being deliberately provocative, so they can portray railway workers as 'troublesome trots'."