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systemic
adjectivemeaning in plain English
Affecting the whole thing, not just a small part of it.
for example
The company’s systemic problems meant every department had to change how it worked.
Imagine a stain spreading through an entire white shirt instead of just one corner. That’s how systemic issues work—they’re not just in one spot, they’re everywhere in the system.