Meaning of PROBLEMATIC
| Pronunciation: | | `prâblu'matik
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- [adj] 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"
- [adj] open to doubt or debate; "If you ever get married, which seems to be extremely problematic"
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| | Synonyms: | | baffling, debatable, difficult, hard, knotty, problematical, questionable |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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