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English Dictionary: Problematic by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
problematic
adj
  1. open to doubt or debate; "If you ever get married, which seems to be extremely problematic"
    Synonym(s): debatable, problematic, problematical
  2. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"
    Synonym(s): baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough
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[82]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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