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prob·lem·at·ic
(prŏb′lə-măt′ĭk)adj. also prob·lem·at·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)
1. Posing a problem; difficult to solve: a repair that proved more problematic than first expected.
2. Open to doubt; debatable: "if you ever get married, which seems to me extremely problematic" (Oscar Wilde).
3. Not settled; unresolved or dubious: a problematic future.
n.
Something that poses a problem or difficulty: "[a book that] poses the problematics of memory in another light altogether" (Daphne Merkin).
prob′lem·at′i·cal·ly adv.
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Adj. | 1. | problematical - open to doubt or debate; "If you ever get married, which seems to be extremely problematic" questionable - subject to question; "questionable motives"; "a questionable reputation"; "a fire of questionable origin" |
2. | problematical - 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" |
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problematical
adjective1. In doubt or dispute:
2. Not affording certainty:
ambiguous, borderline, chancy, clouded, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, equivocal, inconclusive, indecisive, indeterminate, problematic, questionable, uncertain, unclear, unsure.
Informal: iffy.
Idioms: at issue, in doubt, in question.
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problematical
[ˌprɒbləˈmætɪkəl] adj → problématiqueproblem-free [ˌprɒbləmˈfriː] adj → sans problèmeproblem page n → courrier m du cœurproblem-solving [ˈprɒbləmsɒlvɪŋ] n → résolution f de problèmesan approach to problem-solving → une approche de la résolution de problèmes
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