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Problematic

see synonyms of problematic

Adjective

1. debatable, problematic, problematical

open to doubt or debate

Example Sentences:
'If you ever get married, which seems to be extremely problematic'

2. baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough

making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

Example Sentences:
'a baffling problem'
'I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast'
'a problematic situation at home'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Problematic

see synonyms of problematic
adjective
1. 
having the nature or appearance of a problem; questionable
2. logic obsolete
(of a proposition) asserting that a property may or may not hold
Compare apodeictic (sense 2), assertoric

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Problematic

see synonyms of problematic
adjective
1. 
having the nature of a problem; hard to solve or deal with
2. 
not settled; yet to be determined; uncertain
: Also ˌproblemˈatical
noun
3. 
an unresolved problem or inherent difficulty, as in a field of study

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Problematic

see synonyms of problematic
adj. also prob·lem·at·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)
1. Posing a problem; difficult to solve: a repair that proved more problematic than first expected.
2. Open to doubt; debatable: "if you ever get married, which seems to me extremely problematic" (Oscar Wilde).
3. Not settled; unresolved or dubious: a problematic future.
n.
Something that poses a problem or difficulty: "[a book that] poses the problematics of memory in another light altogether" (Daphne Merkin).

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