Problematic

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  • adjective. Posing a problem; difficult to solve.
  • adjective. Open to doubt; debatable.
  • adjective. Not settled; unresolved or dubious.
  • noun. Something that poses a problem or difficulty.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of the nature of a problem; questionable; uncertain; unsettled; disputable; doubtful.
  • In logic, of the nature of a question, possible or doubtful.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Having the nature of a problem; not shown in fact; questionable; uncertain; unsettled; doubtful.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. posing a problem; difficult to overcome or solve
  • adjective. debatable; open to doubt
  • adjective. unresolved or dubious
  • adjective. doubtful or uncertain in its outcome
  • noun. A problem or difficulty in a particular field of study
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
  • adjective. open to doubt or debate
  • Word Usage
    "This is why the modern broken world only sees the problematic: the ˜problematic™ is that which can be addressed and solved with a technique, e.g., changing a flat tire on an automobile or downloading security software to fix a virus on one's computer."
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