prob`lem*at"ic*al*ly

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Webster's Dictionary (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]

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