Jemele Hill

When NASCAR drivers blast one another with their cars out of anger it isn't symptomatic of what's wrong with white people. So please don't turn a silly NBA fight into a town hall meeting about what's wrong with African Americans - even though, unfortunately, something like this somehow winds up reflecting poorly on the entire black community.

American Journalist

Mark Hyman

The very fact that we are having a national conversation about what we should eat, that we are struggling with the question about what the best diet is, is symptomatic of how far we have strayed from the natural conditions that gave rise to our species, from the simple act of eating real, whole, fresh food.

American Author

John Sununu

The constant need for special waivers is symptomatic of poorly written public policy. It's a signal that the cost of compliance is unreasonably high; the benefits are hard to measure; and either legislators or regulators have failed to do their homework.

American Politician

Howie Mandel

The doctor heard my heartbeat and found out I had an irregular heartbeat. I was not symptomatic or aware of my symptoms. I had no idea that this could make me five times more likely to have a stroke than somebody who doesn't have this.

Comedian

Jimmy Barnes

For a long time, it was all about chart position. 'If my record doesn't come in at No. 1, I'm a failure.' I cared too much about what people thought of me, and that was symptomatic of the trauma from my childhood.

Scottish Musician

Samantha Power

The performance of international institutions will be symptomatic of the domestic political priorities of influential member states. International institutions don't really have a life and a mind of their own.

Irish Public Servant

Chuka Umunna

Some people welcome the flexibility of a zero-hours contract. But their growth is symptomatic of a wider issue - increasing job insecurity and falling living standards in David Cameron's Britain.

British Politician

Ann Widdecombe

Of course Meghan Markle wasn't driven out of this country by racism. It is a ludicrous claim and symptomatic of how ridiculous the must-be-offended-at-all-costs brigade has become.

George M. Church

Anytime you see somebody keeping a secret, that's symptomatic that something's wrong with the society around them. That means there's discrimination or worse.

American Scientist

Kevin Richardson

Once colon cancer becomes symptomatic, nine times out of ten it is too late.

American Musician

Use 'symptomatic' to show there's a larger issue behind observed signs or events.

Problem Indicator

While often negative, 'symptomatic' can be used in neutral contexts implying a representation.

Not Always Negative

'Symptomatic' isn't used for literal symptoms; choose 'has symptoms of' for that purpose.

Avoid Misuse

In medical contexts, it specifically relates to the symptoms, not the disease itself.

Specific to Symptoms

It emphasizes managing the symptoms over dealing with the underlying cause.

Not the Cure

It indicates that the treatment is focused on providing comfort rather than a solution.

Treatment Focus

 because they're asymptomatic. But they have still gone through the process that is part of China's containment strategy, which has worked extraordinarily well. Which is, first of all, lots and lots of people have been tested. And then once -- if there is a positive test return, regardless of whether or not they're symptomatic or asymptomatic,

What the world can learn...

 you have spikes if you get another sexually transmitted infection. But basically, nothing much is going on until you start to get symptomatic AIDS, and by that stage, you're not looking great, you're not feeling great, you're not having that much sex. So the sexual transmission of HIV

Elizabeth Pisani: Sex,...

 at the will of their keepers, they viewed prison as an extension of slavery. And Blyden had participated in prison strikes and rebellions. He and others saw the violence of prison as symptomatic of a societal problem where individuals are denied justice based on their class and race.

What really happened...

 You've tripped the cascade, setting fire to the forest, causing inflammation, tangles, and cell death. You should be symptomatic for Alzheimer's. You should be having trouble finding words and keys and remembering what I said at the beginning of this talk. But you might not be.

What You Can Do to...

 symptomatic carrier having inadvertently transmitted to a large cat got it and for anyone wondering how they're doing I I did talk to an expert just the other day about them and all of the big cats are have recovered and are doing well for anyone who is concerned so let's see

COVID-19, Humans, and...

 and now, where we should have done more. I think the most important thing to discuss today is that in the area of testing, we're still not creating that capacity and applying it to the people most in need. And so we have health workers who are symptomatic,

How we must respond to...

 The issues surrounding cash bail are symptomatic of societal problems, like structural racism and over-reliance on incarceration, that need to be addressed. In the meantime, reformers like The Bail Project are working to help people trapped by cash bail

The problem with the...

 But we still have a lot to learn about this ancient ailment. Today, we’ve classified headaches into two camps— primary headaches and secondary headaches. The former are not symptomatic of an underlying disease, injury, or condition;

What causes headaches? -...

 and that's good news. This disease could have been a five-percent disease. The transmission dynamics of this disease are more difficult than even the experts predicted. The amount of presymptomatic and never symptomatic spread

How the pandemic will...

 for the treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids. Women suffer from that disease. All those tumors have heavy bleeding during periods, abdominal pressure, back pain, frequent urination.