'Problematic' definitions:
Definition of 'problematic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Open to doubt or debate; "If you ever get married, which seems to be extremely problematic" [syn: debatable, problematic, problematical]
adjective
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]
Definition of 'Problematic'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'problematic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a bit thick,
- a bit thin,
- absurd,
- ambiguous,
- arguable,
- at issue,
- baffling,
- bewildering,
- beyond belief,
- bothering,
- confounding,
- confusing,
- confutable,
- conjectural,
- contestable,
- controversial,
- controvertible,
- debatable,
- deniable,
- difficult,
- discomposing,
- disconcerting,
- dismaying,
- disputable,
- disputed,
- distracting,
- disturbing,
- doubtable,
- doubted,
- doubtful,
- dubious,
- dubitable,
- embarrassing,
- enigmatic,
- hairy,
- hard of belief,
- hard to believe,
- iffy,
- implausible,
- in dispute,
- in doubt,
- in dubio,
- in question,
- inconceivable,
- incredible,
- indecisive,
- intricate,
- mistakable,
- moot,
- mysterious,
- mystifying,
- not deserving belief,
- open,
- open to doubt,
- open to question,
- open to suspicion,
- passing belief,
- perplexing,
- perturbing,
- precarious,
- preposterous,
- problematical,
- puzzling,
- questionable,
- questioned,
- refutable,
- ridiculous,
- sensitive,
- speculative,
- staggering belief,
- suppositional,
- suspect,
- suspicious,
- tall,
- thick,
- thin,
- touchy,
- tricky,
- unbelievable,
- uncertain,
- unconvincing,
- undecided,
- unearthly,
- ungodly,
- unimaginable,
- unsettled,
- unthinkable,
- unworthy of belief,
- upsetting