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adjective
- 1. involving or constituting a problem: "the weighting of votes was particularly problematical"
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1. a. : posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide. a problematic situation. b. : not definite or settled : uncertain. Their future remains problematic. c. : open to question or debate : questionable. It is problematic whether … terrorist attacks and conflicts … will generate the national coherence that twentieth-century wars did.
problematic. adjective. uk / ˌprɒb.ləˈmæt.ɪk / us / ˌprɑː.bləˈmæt̬.ɪk / (also problematical, uk / ˌprɒb.ləˈmæt.ɪ.k ə l / us / ˌprɑː.bləˈmæt̬.ɪ.k ə l /) Add to word list. C1. full of problems or difficulties: Getting everyone there on time might prove problematic. They made an already problematic situation far worse.
(prɒbləmætɪkəl ) adjective. Problematical means the same as problematic. [formal] It is a problematical piece of legislation. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'problematical' in a sentence. problematical.
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.
Definitions of problematical. adjective. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe. synonyms: baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, tough. difficult, hard. not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure. adjective. open to doubt or debate. synonyms: debatable, problematic.
involving or presenting a problem that is difficult to deal with or solve: She faces a problematic decision. tending or likely to elicit objections or disapproval; offensive: We've all had to deal with problematic relatives during the holidays. My ex-boyfriend's political opinions were often embarrassingly problematic.
Definition of problematic adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Something problematic poses a problem or causes difficulties. Your ambitions to become the next great leader of Spain are great, but your inability to speak Spanish might prove problematic. Around 1600, the word problematical was shortened and problematic was born.
Problematical Sentence Examples. It ran counter to the ideas suggested in 1527 on the captivity of Clement VII., that England and France should set up independent patriarchates; and its success depended upon the problematical destruction of Charles V.'s power in Italy.
There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective problematical, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. problematical has developed meanings and uses in subjects including
