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unproblematically

unproblematically

1 6.7
In a way that causes no problems or complaints
  • adverb
  • /ˌʌnˌprɒbləˈmætɪkli/
: 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

uncontroversially
vsunproblematically
1 6.1

In a way that does not cause disagreement

is used more generally, not only avoiding public controversy
unexceptionably
vsunproblematically
  • Formal
1 7.4

In a way that causes no one to complain

is broader, covering things without problems, difficulties, or objections
unprotestingly
vsunproblematically
1 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
24 3.8
easily
∞ 1.0
unproblematically
1 6.7
awkwardly
36 2.7
roughly
21 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'.