problematicadjective
uk/ˌprɒb.ləˈmæt.ɪk/us/ˌprɑː.bləˈmæt̬.ɪk/also problematical, uk/-ɪ.kəl/usC1 full of problems or difficulties:
Getting everyone there on time might prove problematic.
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Complicated and difficult to do
- advanced
- ambitious
- another
- arduous
- as much as you can do idiom
- fiddly
- fiendish
- fierce
- formidable
- get blood out of/from a stone idiom
- murky
- painstaking
- picnic
- punishing
- rigorous
- schlep
- uphill
- vexed
- wearing
- wearying
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problematically
adverb uk/ˌprɒb.ləˈmæt.ɪ.kəl.i/us/ˌprɑː.bləˈmæt̬.ɪ.kəl.i/