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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
problematic
    adj 1: open to doubt or debate; "If you ever get married, which
           seems to be extremely problematic" [syn: 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" [syn: baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic,
       problematical, tough]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Problematic \Prob`lem*at"ic\, Problematical \Prob`lem*at"ic*al\,
   a. [L. problematicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. probl['e]matique.]
   1. Having the nature of a problem; not shown in fact;
      questionable; uncertain; unsettled; doubtful; as, his
      theory is problematic because it fails to explain several
      facts. -- Prob`lem*at"ic*al*ly, adv.
      [1913 Webster]

            Diligent inquiries into remote and problematical
            guilt leave a gate wide open to . . . informers.
                                                  --Swift.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Having characteristics which will create difficulties or
      undesirable consequences; -- of a proposed action; as, the
      proposed law is problematic because it will cause many
      people to lose their jobs.
      [PJC]

Thesaurus Results for Problematic:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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