fraught with

idiom

: full of (something bad or unwanted)

The situation was fraught with danger.

The paper was poorly researched and fraught with errors.

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The work is fraught with cultural, political, and logistical issues. —

The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 5 Nov. 2024 These transactions tend to be fraught with a lot of complexities including post-deal integration, value creation and stakeholder management. —

Megan Poinski, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 No word is overwrought, no phrase fraught with unearned feeling, no hand ioverplayed. —

A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024 The party is experiencing what Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, and Jimmy Carter found out the hard way: foreign policy is an area fraught with political risk, where unresolved conflicts and unexpected crises can do major harm to campaigns. —

Jeffrey A. Friedman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fraught with