Sentence examples for problematic definition from inspiring English sources

This problematic definition, taken from the "European Union Monitoring Centre," was abandoned by the EU in 2013 because it is so vaguely worded in certain portions that any critique of Israeli policy could arguably be construed as anti-Semitic.

That problematic definition conflates principled criticism of Israeli policies with genuine anti-Semitism; if the university accedes to this demand, such criticism — and academic freedom — could be suppressed by administrative fiat.

De Queiroz [65] reached the same conclusions with the problematic definition of the class Mammalia that is based on the description of extant groups and not of all basal species likely to have teats.

The current period of published interest in hormesis dates to about 1992, but a still problematic definition did not appear until 10 years later (Calabrese and Baldwin 2002a).

This has important consequences for conservation and population genetics, e.g. problematic definition of management units, unclear fitness effects, genetically mixed populations and the inclusion of nuclear markers will be necessary for future hare studies.

However, while addressing the rights of others was an often-cited personal motivation, participants were often split on the role of a rights-based framework in humanitarian aid provision, and quickly pointed to its problematic definition and use.

ISS will focus its review on "Good Reason" definitions that present a potential windfall risk and considers problematic definitions that are triggered by potential performance failures (e.g., a company bankruptcy or delisting).

Part of Robert Batterman's (1993) discusses problematic definitions of chaos, namely, those that focus on notions of unpredictability.

He declares some of them analytic by means of problematic definitions (example: "every effect has a cause").

Note that some definitions depend upon other problematic definitions (e.g., production of beauty).

The widely used but problematic definitions of specific terms are as follows: 'sepsis' is defined as the presence of infection and SIRS; 'severe sepsis' is defined as 'sepsis' with organ dysfunction; and 'septic shock' is defined as 'severe sepsis' with hypotension despite fluid resuscitation [ 8].