The phrase "a profound problem" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an issue that is deep, significant, or serious in nature.
Example: "The team is currently facing a profound problem that requires immediate attention and innovative solutions."
Alternatives: "a significant issue" or "a serious challenge".
We have a profound problem on our hands.
"There was a profound problem of spirit in the desire to win," he said.
Most of the uninsured described their lack of coverage as a profound problem.
"It's a profound problem," said the lawyer, Paul M. Sherman, with the Institute for Justice.
There is also a profound problem that is not subtle at all.
As circuits shrink below the width of a lightwave, this becomes a profound problem.
But the outrage prompted by Small's posts has shone a light on a more profound problem with the national system that decides how to allocate scant resources to children with SEN.
He is quick to point out that sci-fi has always been knocked as a genre, but a more profound problem seems to be the nature of his underlying concerns in the novel.
And before long they reached a troubling conclusion: not only that retractions were rising at an alarming rate, but that retractions were just a manifestation of a much more profound problem — "a symptom of a dysfunctional scientific climate," as Dr. Fang put it.
Moreover, according to Bambach, there was a more profound problem: after studying an image of the drawing — the same costume, the same features, the same strokes that Kemp examined — she had her own strong intuition.
All politicians, regardless of which side they support in the referendum, should consider a more profound problem that has also emerged during my 13 years as a journalism tutor: a growing indifference towards mainstream politics and mainstream media.
