Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
CONTROVERSIAL
controversial
(adjective) marked by or capable of arousing controversy; “the issue of the death penalty is highly controversial”; “Rushdie’s controversial book”; “a controversial decision on affirmative action”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
controversial (comparative more controversial, superlative most controversial)
Arousing controversy—a debate or discussion of opposing opinions.
• Macaulay
Usage notes
• Nouns often used with "controversial": topic, subject, work, author, method, etc.
Synonyms
• contentious
• contested
Antonyms
• uncontroversial
• noncontroversial
• incontrovertible
Source: Wiktionary
Con`tro*ver"sial, a. Etym: [Cf. LL. controversialis.]
Definition: Relating to, or consisting of, controversy; disputatious; polemical; as, controversial divinity. Whole libraries of controversial books. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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