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unproblematically

unproblematically

6.7
In a way that causes no problems or complaints
  • adverb
  • /ˌʌnˌprɒbləˈmætɪkli/
translation icon : sin problemas
  • The new software update was installed unproblematically, with no reported issues from users.

Examples

  • Cummins' functions are employed unproblematically in medicine and the biological sciences to describe cause and effect relationships involving organisms.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Rather than assuming that Western theoretical and diagnostic models can be unproblematically exported to non-Western contexts, the authors investigate the extent to which these models are culture-bound, and ponder how they might be modified with a view to wider applicability.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The first few people I talked to, including the associate chancellor of the university, said they did not really know, but the term had been used before, unproblematically.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Secondly, it is assumed that the forms of mental disorder that are described by Western psychiatry map unproblematically onto those found elsewhere.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Consequently, Mead and Fortune could call them hamlets and slide quite unproblematically among this term's different semantic levels.

    Academic text (1994)
  • At fifty, the Dialectic of Enlightenment has become one of those books that can neither be regarded simply as a piece of history nor taken unproblematically as addressing our concerns.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Unfortunately, a still surprising proportion of English-language writing on the Middle East and North Africa is produced and unproblematically consumed despite its glaring gaps in these areas.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Congressional opponents of the DeConcini bill would, in all likelihood, see Wiesel's advocacy as partisan, even if he himself viewed it as unproblematically moral.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Apess's Native identity is constituted by his vision of the Methodist Church, but cultural forces make it impossible for him to embrace this Christian Nativeness unproblematically.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Nonetheless, this sort of reciprocal self-consciousness is grounded in a predicated commensurability that is never unproblematically there but is produced and sustained through a host of situated activities.

    Academic text (2002)

Synonyms

unexceptionably
vsunproblematically
  • Formal
7.4

In a way that causes no one to complain

is broader, covering things without problems, difficulties, or objections
uncontroversially
vsunproblematically
6.1

In a way that does not cause disagreement

is used more generally, not only avoiding public controversy
unprotestingly
vsunproblematically
8.4

Without complaining or saying no when asked

is about absence of problems, difficulties, or objections rather than silence

Antonyms

In a way that causes trouble or makes it difficult

How Smoothly

seamlessly
25 3.8
easily
1.0
unproblematically
6.7
awkwardly
38 2.7
roughly
36 1.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

unproblematically = unproblematic (transparent) = un + problem + atic + ally

Formed regularly by negating the adjective ('unproblematic') and adding the adverbial suffix '-ally', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Unproblematically is built from the prefix un- meaning 'not', the common word problem meaning 'difficulty', and the ending -ally meaning 'in a way'. So, unproblematically means 'in a way that does not cause problems' or 'without difficulties'.