Liability and Trouble

Liability

Liability noun - A feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success.

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Trouble and liability are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trouble" instead a noun "Liability".

Nearby Word: liable

Trouble noun - The state of not being protected from injury, harm, or evil.

Usage example: if you think your brother might be in trouble, then let's go check up on him

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Liability and trouble are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Liability" instead a noun "Trouble".

short	short liability	short trouble
complete	complete liability	complete trouble
legal	legal liability	legal trouble
due	due liability	due trouble
Other adjectives: actual, real, massive, big, serious, enormous, huge, dangerous, potential, major, political, significant, economic, financial, biggest.

When they finally get off the island, the team constantly struggles to keep him from becoming a liability and causing trouble.

Source: Anime / Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
Then, as the IRA realizes Miller's stirring up Ryan against them has become a major liability to their cause, they sell out his entire ULA splinter faction for being more trouble than it's worth.

Source: Film / Patriot Games
They were concerned about the girl being a liability, and she does make some teenager / civilian mistakes, but she's smart, dedicated, and has enough combat experience to keep out of trouble.

Source: Literature / Doom

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