If the disease is caused by an underlying problem, it may be possible to address that.

"They have not dealt with any of the underlying problems."

The underlying problems will always be causes rather than symptoms.

But clearly the Republican attack had some underlying internal problems.

These, she said, include pregnant women and people who are over 65 or have an underlying medical problem.

We must also provide services that address their underlying problems.

It sounds like there's an underlying emotional problem in his way.

But he traced the underlying problem to the stock market.

The key question is does it fix the underlying problems within Europe?

I prefer to deal with the underlying problems of society before they lead to war.