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  <Lexicon id="oewn" label="Open English Wordnet" language="en" email="english-wordnet@googlegroups.com" license="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0" version="2024" url="https://github.com/globalwordnet/english-wordnet">
    <LexicalEntry id="oewn-baffling-a">
      <Lemma writtenForm="baffling" partOfSpeech="a"/>
      <Sense id="oewn-baffling-a-00750063-s" synset="oewn-00750063-s" dc:identifier="baffling%5:00:00:difficult:00"/>
    </LexicalEntry>
    <LexicalEntry id="oewn-debatable-a">
      <Lemma writtenForm="debatable" partOfSpeech="a"/>
      <Sense id="oewn-debatable-a-01923165-s" synset="oewn-01923165-s" dc:identifier="debatable%5:00:00:questionable:00"/>
    </LexicalEntry>
    <LexicalEntry id="oewn-elusive-a">
      <Lemma writtenForm="elusive" partOfSpeech="a">
        <Pronunciation>ɪˈluːsɪv</Pronunciation>
      </Lemma>
      <Sense id="oewn-elusive-a-00750063-s" synset="oewn-00750063-s" dc:identifier="elusive%5:00:00:difficult:00"/>
    </LexicalEntry>
    <LexicalEntry id="oewn-knotty-a">
      <Lemma writtenForm="knotty" partOfSpeech="a">
        <Pronunciation>ˈnɒti</Pronunciation>
      </Lemma>
      <Form writtenForm="knottier"/>
      <Form writtenForm="knottiest"/>
      <Sense id="oewn-knotty-a-00750063-s" synset="oewn-00750063-s" dc:identifier="knotty%5:00:00:difficult:00">
        <SenseRelation relType="derivation" target="oewn-knottiness-n-04773875-n"/>
      </Sense>
    </LexicalEntry>
    <LexicalEntry id="oewn-problematic-a">
      <Lemma writtenForm="problematic" partOfSpeech="a">
        <Pronunciation variety="GB">ˌpɹɒbləˈmætɪk</Pronunciation>
        <Pronunciation variety="US">ˌpɹɑbləˈmætɪk</Pronunciation>
      </Lemma>
      <Sense id="oewn-problematic-a-00750063-s" synset="oewn-00750063-s" dc:identifier="problematic%5:00:00:difficult:00">
        <SenseRelation relType="derivation" target="oewn-problem-n-14434009-n"/>
      </Sense>
      <Sense id="oewn-problematic-a-01923165-s" synset="oewn-01923165-s" dc:identifier="problematic%5:00:00:questionable:00"/>
    </LexicalEntry>
    <LexicalEntry id="oewn-problematical-a">
      <Lemma writtenForm="problematical" partOfSpeech="a"/>
      <Sense id="oewn-problematical-a-00750063-s" synset="oewn-00750063-s" dc:identifier="problematical%5:00:00:difficult:00">
        <SenseRelation relType="derivation" target="oewn-problem-n-14434009-n"/>
      </Sense>
      <Sense id="oewn-problematical-a-01923165-s" synset="oewn-01923165-s" dc:identifier="problematical%5:00:00:questionable:00">
        <SenseRelation relType="derivation" target="oewn-problem-n-05695143-n"/>
      </Sense>
    </LexicalEntry>
    <LexicalEntry id="oewn-tough-a">
      <Lemma writtenForm="tough" partOfSpeech="a">
        <Pronunciation>tʌf</Pronunciation>
      </Lemma>
      <Sense id="oewn-tough-a-00750063-s" synset="oewn-00750063-s" dc:identifier="tough%5:00:02:difficult:00">
        <SenseRelation relType="derivation" target="oewn-toughness-n-04718142-n"/>
      </Sense>
    </LexicalEntry>
    <Synset id="oewn-00750063-s" ili="i4132" partOfSpeech="s" members="oewn-baffling-a oewn-elusive-a oewn-knotty-a oewn-problematic-a oewn-problematical-a oewn-tough-a" lexfile="adj.all">
      <Definition language="en">making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe</Definition>
      <SynsetRelation relType="similar" target="oewn-00748528-a"/>
      <Example language="en">a baffling problem</Example>
      <Example language="en">I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast</Example>
      <Example language="en">a problematic situation at home</Example>
    </Synset>
    <Synset id="oewn-01923165-s" ili="i10513" partOfSpeech="s" members="oewn-debatable-a oewn-problematic-a oewn-problematical-a" lexfile="adj.all">
      <Definition language="en">open to doubt or debate</Definition>
      <SynsetRelation relType="similar" target="oewn-01922610-a"/>
      <Example language="en">If you ever get married, which seems to be extremely problematic</Example>
    </Synset>
  </Lexicon>
</LexicalResource>