Hypertext Webster Gateway: "problematic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Problematic \Prob`lem*at"ic\, Problematical \Prob`lem*at"ic*al\,
a. [L. problematicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. probl['e]matique.]
Having the nature of a problem; not shown in fact;
questionable; uncertain; unsettled; doubtful. --
{Prob`lem*at"ic*al*ly}, adv.
Diligent inquiries into remote and problematical guilt
leave a gate wide open to . . . informers. --Swift.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
problematic
adj 1: open to doubt or debate; "If you ever get married, which
seems to be extremely problematic" [syn: {debatable},
{problematical}]
2: making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve; "a
baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to
have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"
[syn: {baffling}, {knotty}, {problematical}]
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