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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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Adv. | 1. | problematically - in such a way as to pose a problem |
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