problematic
adjective
[ prɒbləˈmatɪk ]
• constituting or presenting a problem.
• "the situation was problematic for teachers"
Similar:
difficult,
hard,
problematical,
taxing,
troublesome,
tricky,
awkward,
controversial,
ticklish,
complicated,
complex,
knotty,
thorny,
prickly,
involved,
intricate,
vexed,
paradoxical,
puzzling,
baffling,
perplexing,
sticky,
like herding cats,
dodgy,
problematic
noun
• a thing that constitutes a problem.
• "the problematics of artificial intelligence"
Origin:
early 17th century: via French from late Latin problematicus, from Greek problēmatikos, from problēma (see problem).
