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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
problematic
/ˌpɹɒbləˈmætɪk/
adjective
being difficult to deal with or fix
- “Their quality was not consistent, the supply problematic and they were expensive.”Tatoeba
- “But he did not lose his smile, not in the problematic situation.”Tatoeba
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Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)