"obscure the problem" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used in a variety of contexts, such as describing a situation where the root cause or main issue is being hidden or made unclear. Example: "The conflicting testimonies from the witnesses only serve to obscure the problem at hand, making it difficult for the jury to come to a definitive conclusion."
"He had resorted to cropping his hair short to obscure the problem".
Activists are now worried that a major infusion of international aid might obscure the problem rather than address it.UNICEF and the World Bank have drafted a $49.9m grant proposal on behalf of Uzbekistan's government to support education.
"The people in Seattle said, 'We can't guess how much is coming out of there.' " Only under congressional pressure did BP publicly release high-definition video of the wellhead, and this secrecy reinforced the impression that the company was trying to obscure the problem.
Of course, cops neglecting to report the searches they conduct would obscure the problem of stop and frisk rather than solve it.
I think this generation of cops will abandon it altogether, if not already, especially if the department comes down on officers and supervisors for administrative mistakes". Of course, cops neglecting to report the searches they conduct would obscure the problem of stop and frisk rather than solve it.
But as the report suggests, the richest Asian Americans are far more affluent than the poorest Asian Americans — so much so that they skew the data and obscure the problems of the people at the bottom.
The fight against malaria and TB in the developing world should not obscure the problems poor countries face with hospital infections, experts say.
The Jew was an enemy that needed to be destroyed, yet this figure actually played a vital role for the political powers by helping to obscure the problems that existed within the society at large.
But it is high time to stop ignoring and obscuring the problem.
But the overall figure obscures the problem of low vaccination rates in specific regions.
(Indeed, such closeness likely obscured the problem). "When I stepped away I had a kind of 'duh' moment," he said.
