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How to pronounce problematic in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms baffling, elusive, knotty, problematical, tough
Derivation problem


a problematic situation at home.
Type Words
Synonyms debatable, problematical


If you ever get married, which seems to be extremely problematic.

Examples of problematic

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Investors have soured on wireless stocks, making any share offering problematic.
From the businessweek.com
There are certainly a number of situations where having diabetes is problematic.
From the abcnews.go.com
This transformation becomes problematic when applied to art from other cultures.
From the washingtonpost.com
A day at the range would require hundreds of purchases, so could be problematic.
From the washingtonpost.com
The logistics of its world wide implementation may also be somewhat problematic.
From the independent.co.uk
Drummond is trying to illustrate that taking the Bible literally is problematic.
From the newscientist.com
For the conservative voters at the conference, Romney has a problematic history.
From the tennessean.com
Running trains and buses often enough so that a delay would be less problematic.
From the sacbee.com
His involvement in the Fire Chief Bob Farstad pension mess could be problematic.
From the timesunion.com
More examples
  • Debatable: open to doubt or debate; "If you ever get married, which seems to be extremely problematic"
  • Baffling: 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"
  • (problematically) in such a way as to pose a problem
  • Problematic is the eighth studio album by pop punk band All. It was recorded at the band's own recording studio, The Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Colorado, and released on Epitaph Records in 2000. As of today, this is the band's most recent studio album released under the All name.
  • "Problematic" is the name of Five Star's very first single, released in October 1983.
  • A problem or difficulty in a particular field of study; posing a problem; difficult to overcome or solve; debatable; open to doubt; unresolved or dubious; doubtful or uncertain in its outcome
  • A term used by ethnomethodology and put to effective use by Dorothy Smith to describe as a problem of interest that which is normally not seen as a problem because it is taken for granted. ...
  • Affirmation or negation is taken as merely possible.