problematic
Posing a problem; having or suffering from problem(s)
Other meanings
Difficult to overcome, solve, or decide.
Not settled, uncertain, of uncertain outcome; debatable, questionable, open to doubt.
Related words
- metaproblematic
- multiproblematic
- nonproblematic
- problematical
- problematically
- problematicity
- problematicness
- unproblematic
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "προβληματικός".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “problematic” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.