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Underlying Problem Features Object Event Situation Obvious Difficult

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The u_________ features of an object, event, or situation are not obvious, and it may be difficult to discover or reveal them.The underlying features of an object, event, or situation are not obvious, and it may be difficult to discover or reveal them.
To stop a problem you have to understand its underlying causes.
...underlying health conditions.
I think that the underlying problem is education, unemployment and bad housing.
word underlying
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The underlying features of an object, event, or situation are not obvious, and it may be difficult to discover or reveal them.
To stop a problem you have to understand its underlying causes.
...underlying health conditions.
I think that the underlying problem is education, unemployment and bad housing.
You describe something as underlying when it is below the surface of something else.
...hills with the hard underlying rock poking through the turf.
Cars were covered with clear-coat finish to protect the underlying paint from fading.
cefr-level C1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1

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