multiproblem
adjective
(alsomulti-problem)uk/ˌmʌl.tiˈprɒb.ləm/us/ˌmʌl.tiˈprɑːb.ləm//ˌmʌl.taɪˈprɑːb.ləm/experiencingseveralproblems,especiallysocialoremotionalproblems:
Thesechildrenoften come from multiproblemfamilies.
Theanalysisshowedthat the multi-problemteenswere atsignificantriskofacademicfailure.
- It is these multiproblemyouthwhotendto be mostvulnerabletoseriousbehaviourissues.
- Thestudieswere allconductedwith multiproblempopulations.
- Childhoodabuseoftenoccursin thecontextof multiproblemhomes.
- It may be verydifficulttodesignservicesfor these multi-problempatients.
- Volunteers were sometimesunabletoofferindividualsupportto multi-problemclients.
Experiencing difficulties
- be
- be (caught) between a rock and a hard placeidiom
- be climbing the wallsidiom
- be for the high jumpidiom
- be/come up against a brick wallidiom
- doo-doo
- embattled
- fall intosomething
- flounder
- frying pan
- jungle
- leg
- meetyourWaterlooidiom
- not have a leg to stand onidiom
- on a razor edgeidiom
- out of the frying pan into the fireidiom
- pickle
- rocky
- sticky
- weed