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problematical

ADJECTIVE
ambiguous
Synonyms
WEAK
at issue borderline chancy clear as dishwater clouded cryptic doubtful dubious dubitable enigmatic enigmatical equivocal in doubt in question inconclusive indecisive indefinite indeterminate inexplicit muddy obscure opaque problematic puzzling questionable tenebrous uncertain unclear unintelligible unsure vague
ADJECTIVE
debatable
Synonyms
WEAK
arguable between rock and hard place between sixes and sevens betwixt and between bone of contention borderline chancy contestable contested disputable doubtful dubious exceptionable iffy in dispute moot mootable open to question problematic questionable the jury's out touch and go uncertain undecided unsettled up for discussion

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Auden’s despairing poem “The Age of Anxiety”—what he called a “record of our difficult and problematical search for faith.”

From Slate • Dec. 13, 2021

Prosecutions for events from 40 and 50 years ago are very problematical, as the latest developments show.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2021

Has the drive for economies made the clinic’s mission more problematical?

From Washington Times • Sep. 17, 2018

This would only be problematical if you viewed animals in some way as our equals and, while some people do hold this view, again, I do not.

From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2016

He is both brilliant and problematical, and it is fair to say that his towering legacy has had more impact on the worlds of literature, philosophy and politics than, strictly speaking, on musical development.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall