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The adjective for anything that won't behave, from toddlers to spreadsheets to that one toe.

means Causing difficulty, annoyance, or worrypersistently enough to earn its own label.

from Trouble comes from Latin turbidus, to stir up or muddy; the suffix -some adds the flavor of being full of it, like wholesome or burdensome.

Built-in nuisanceThe -some suffix literally means tending toward something.
Gentler than terribleImplies bother and friction, not catastrophe.
Old reliableIn steady English use since the 1540s.
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