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  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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