Meaning

2 senses
  1. (euphemistic)A child who is particularly difficult to raise or educate, especially due to a lack of self-control and disruptive and antisocial behavior.

    Sorgenkind, Problemkind

    тру́дный ребёнокtrúdnyj rebjónok

    проблемна дитинаproblemna dytyna

  2. (broadly, idiomatic)Someone or something persistently difficult or vexing; a frequent source of trouble or annoyance.

    Sorgenkind

Examples

9 sentences
  1. He always left the problem of his children's education to his wife.

    Проблему освіти своїх дітей він завжди залишав своїй дружині.

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  2. It'd be best to think about the problem from a child's perspective.

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  3. It'd be better to think about the problem from a child's point of view.

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  4. We should consider the problem from a child's perspective.

    deWir sollten das Problem aus der Sicht eines Kindes betrachten.

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  5. Tom was out of his depth trying to control the class of problem children.

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Translations

3 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Forms

plural: problem children
Singularproblem child
Pluralproblem children

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Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

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