1. problematic(s = adj.all) debatable, problematical - open to doubt or debate; "If you ever get married, which seems to be extremely problematic"
2. problematic(s = adj.all) baffling, elusive, knotty, problematical, tough - making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"
Derived form noun problem1
Having the nature of a problem; not shown in fact; questionable; uncertain; unsettled; doubtful. [1913 Webster]
"Diligent inquiries into remote and problematical guilt leave a gate wide open to . . . informers." [1913 Webster]
problematic, adj. (also problematical)
1 attended by difficulty.
2 doubtful or questionable.
3 Logic enunciating or supporting what is possible but not necessarily true.
Derivative:
problematically adv.
Etymology:
F probl{eacute}matique or LL problematicus f. Gk problematikos (as PROBLEM)