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    prob·lem·at·ic
    [ˌpräbləˈmadik]
    adjective
    problematic (adjective)
    1. constituting or presenting a problem or difficulty:
      "the situation was problematic for teachers" · "this debate offers a timely opportunity to take a wider look at other problematic issues in our industry"
      • doubtful or questionable.
    2. involving or showing attitudes or ideas seen as discriminatory or offensive, especially in relation to issues of ethnicity or gender:
      "it took me a long time to realize that these images were problematic" · "historic statues have been earmarked as problematic by antiracism activists" · "problematic sexual behaviors"
    noun
    problematic (noun) · problematics (plural noun)
    1. a thing that constitutes a problem or difficulty:
      "the problematics of artificial intelligence"
    Origin
    early 17th century: via French from late Latin problematicus, from Greek problēmatikos, from problēma (see problem).
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    adjective
    1. constituting or presenting a problem or difficulty:
      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
      Opposite:
      easy
      simple
      straightforward
      • involving or showing attitudes or ideas seen as discriminatory or offensive, especially in relation to issues of ethnicity or gender:
        biased
        bigoted
        discriminatory
        partisan
        partial
        one-sided
        jaundiced
        intolerant
        narrow-minded
        unfair
        unjust
        inequitable
        nonobjective
        blinkered
        parti pris
        colored
        distorted
        warped
        loaded
        weighted
        chauvinistic
        chauvinist
        unobjective
        Opposite:
        unbiased
        impartial
        fair
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