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The phrase "are more problematic than" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing two or more subjects, indicating that one is more troublesome or difficult than the other.
Example: "The new regulations are more problematic than the previous ones, causing confusion among the staff."
Alternatives: "pose greater challenges than" or "are more challenging than".
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Are there certain classes of drugs that are more problematic than others?
Definitions of workplace bullying are more problematic than those of school bullying.
There are, of course, some bits of doctrine that are more problematic than straightforward things like universal brotherhood and creation.
— to investigate, imagine, and make science from Africa". Few animals are more problematic than the tiny African insect known to English speakers as the tsetse fly.
Few words in popular discourse are more problematic than "lad", which has become shorthand for a kind of boorishness that is not purely a hangover from the boobs-and-beer excesses of the 1990s and early 2000s.
This year's bills are more problematic than most because they contain some tough provisions requiring serious investment in efficiency and major changes in the way we create and deliver energy.
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It has been more problematic than had been anticipated, even for advanced countries.
He considered the bird to be more problematic than the branch.
It's more problematic than you can imagine to see this relentless violence," Mayor Booker said.
Short Sales Short sales tend to be more problematic than R.E.O.'s.
Security in the wake of the Brighton bombing was more problematic than ever.
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