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Having the nature of a problem; not shown in fact; questionable; uncertain; unsettled; doubtful.

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  1. a. Having the nature of a problem; not shown in fact; questionable; uncertain; unsettled; doubtful.
  2. adj. open to doubt or debate
  3. adj. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
  4. Having the nature of a problem; not shown in fact; questionable; uncertain; unsettled; doubtful. -- Prob`lem*at"ic*al*ly, adv. Diligent inquiries into remote and problematical guilt leave a gate wide open to . . . informers. Swift.
  5. j:100 s open to doubt or debate s making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe