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problematic |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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